Atomic and Nuclear Clusters : Proceedings of the Second International Conference at Santorini, Greece, June 28 – July 2, 1993

The subject of clusters - small aggregates of particles - is a topic of primary interest in both atomic and nuclear physics, and also in other fields such as the quark-structures of baryons and cosmology. The interplay between atomic and nuclear physics is a particularly fascinating one because many concepts are common to both fields (quantal effects, shells, geometric structures, collective modes, fission, etc.). These proceedings contain a wealth of papers illustrating the interdisciplinary role of cluster physics. Some of them are reprinted from Zeitschrift für Physik A and D. Front Matter....Pages I-XXVI Opening Address: Please, Keep Beauty Alive....Pages 1-2 Front Matter....Pages 3-3 A survey of alpha-clustering....Pages 5-12 Oscillations of finite quantal Fermi systems....Pages 13-17 Clustering aspects of nuclei with octupole and superdeformation....Pages 18-24 Electronic shells and supershells in large trivalent metal clusters....Pages 25-29 Optical response and shapes of charged sodium clusters; an analogue of the nuclear giant dipole response....Pages 30-34 The giant dipole resonance photons and the shapes of hot Er and Sn nuclei....Pages 35-40 RPA in nuclei and metal clusters....Pages 41-44 Optical response of bimetallic Li x Na 8−x (0≦ x ≦8) and of doped Na 8 Zn clusters....Pages 45-49 Clustering states in the 62 Ni( 58 Ni, 58 Ni) 62 Ni reaction....Pages 50-52 Nuclear clusters and nuclear molecules....Pages 53-58 Collisional process involving atomic cluster ions....Pages 59-61 Fragmentation of gold clusters stored in a Penning trap....Pages 62-63 Binary nuclear molecules of an α -particle and a heavier cluster....Pages 64-67 Electronic structure and properties of designer clusters and cluster-assemblies....Pages 68-72 Nuclear clustering aspects in astrophysics....Pages 73-76 Alpha clustering and the stellar nucleosynthesis of carbon....Pages 77-78 The optical response of anionic alkali metal clusters....Pages 79-81 Alpha chain states in 4N-nuclei....Pages 82-87 Many-particle decays of α -chain structures in 24 Mg....Pages 88-92 Front Matter....Pages 3-3 Linear α -chain states in nuclei....Pages 93-95 Energetics of the fission process....Pages 96-101 Fission of highly charged alkali metal clusters....Pages 102-108 Multi-dimensional tunneling and nuclear fission process....Pages 109-112 The Cl − NH 3 , Cl − H 2 O, F − NH 3 and F − H 2 O clusters and their photoelectron spectra....Pages 113-116 Nonlinear approach in the α -cluster model....Pages 117-119 Spectroscopy of microclusters in superfluid helium....Pages 120-121 Effects of the cluster surface on the electronic shell structure: faceting, roughness and softness....Pages 122-127 Free clusters of copper atoms: a study of structural size effects....Pages 128-129 Very neutron-rich exotic nuclei....Pages 130-135 Clustering aspects of light exotic nuclei....Pages 136-141 Neutron-rich nuclei studied with AMD....Pages 142-146 Ionic hydrogen clusters : structure and fragmentation....Pages 147-153 Statistical multifragmentation....Pages 154-159 Probing the structure and dynamics of cage-like clusters: from water to Met-Cars....Pages 160-166 Water clusters: the (H 2 O) 64 case....Pages 167-171 Superconductivity in fullerenes: buckyballs....Pages 172-177 Synthesis of C 60 atomic clusters and magnetization studies of superconducting Rb 3 C 60 ....Pages 178-179 Xe + -ion capture by neutral Ar and Ne clusters....Pages 180-182 Higher nodal α -cluster band in 40 Ca....Pages 183-184 Front Matter....Pages 3-3 Nuclear structure effects in cluster radioactivity....Pages 185-186 Spontaneous emission of 14 C clusters from A =221 nuclei....Pages 187-188 14 C cluster emission: a tool for the study of nuclear structures....Pages 189-192 Summary of the conference....Pages 193-211 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Possible water cluster formation by dilution and succussions....Pages 215-217 The quadrupole moment of the neutron-halo nucleus 11 Li....Pages 218-219 Time-dependent Schrödinger approach to sub-barrier fission....Pages 220-222 The semimicroscopic algebraic cluster model of atomic nuclei....Pages 223-224 Some predictions of new spontaneous cluster emitters and mechanism of cluster decay....Pages 225-227 On the localization of electrons and holes in Hg n and rare-gas clusters....Pages 228-230 Theoretical calculations of the relative stability of Li 6 isomers....Pages 231-234 Van der Waals adducts: spectroscopy and reactivity of styrenes clustered with various molecules....Pages 235-236 Ground state systematics of spheroidally deformed sodium clusters in the jellium model....Pages 237-239 Parametrization of the effective potential in sodium clusters....Pages 240-241 Elastic α+ 28 Si scattering — thick target measurements and results....Pages 242-245 Weak coupling in the upper part of the sd -shell and α-clustering in 38 Ar....Pages 246-247 Properties of 8 Be and 12 C deduced from the folding-potential model....Pages 248-250 Similarities in shell structure calculation of atomic clusters and nuclei....Pages 251-252 Vibrating potential model for giant resonances in deformed metal clusters and atomic nuclei....Pages 253-255 Front Matter....Pages 256-257 A hollow-cathode plasma sputter source for production of metal cluster beams....Pages 213-213 Symmetrized harmonic oscillator SU 3 states for multi-cluster systems....Pages 258-259 Search for cluster decay of 114 Ba....Pages 260-261 Cluster preformation in closed- and mid-shell nuclei....Pages 262-263 The breakup of 24 Mg into 16 O and 8 Be....Pages 264-265 Variational approach to metal cluster dynamics....Pages 266-267 Dipole excitation of Na clusters with a non-local energy density functional....Pages 268-269 Experimental investigation on carbon cluster structure....Pages 270-273 Coexistence of α -clustering and shell structure in 40 Ca....Pages 274-276 Phonon density of states in nano-clusters....Pages 277-278 Charge transfer and radical ion formation in fullerene solution....Pages 279-281 On the electronic shell structure of metallic spheres and circular discs....Pages 282-284 Absolute alpha-decay width of 212 Po in a mixed shell-and-cluster model....Pages 285-287 Microscopic multicluster description of neutron halos....Pages 288-289 Atomic shell structures observed in photoionization spectra of nickel and cobalt clusters....Pages 290-291 Molecular dynamics study of A 18 B Lennard-Jones clusters....Pages 292-293 The competition between cluster and constituent multiparticle emission as a means to identify the reaction mechanism....Pages 294-296 Core-excited α -cluster structure in 44 Ti....Pages 297-298 Laser induced — ion enhanced binary nucleation in vapors....Pages 299-301 Nuclear clusters in dissipative medium....Pages 302-304 Front Matter....Pages 305-308 Monopole and quadrupole incompressibility of the hydrogen atom using deformed oscillation trial wave functions....Pages 213-213 Back Matter....Pages 309-311 ....Pages 313-317 The Second International Conference On Atomic And Nuclear Clusters '93 Was Orga Nized In A Joint Effort By The 'demokritos' National Center For Scientific Research, G. S. Anagnostatos (representing The Atomic Physics) And The Hahn-meitner-institut, W. Von Oertzen (representing The Nuclear Physics). The Subject Of Clusters - Small Aggregates Of Particles - Is A Topic Of Primary Interest In Both Atomic And Nuclear Physics, And Also In Other Fields Like In The Case Of Quark-structure Of Baryons And In Cosmology. The Interplay Between Atomic And Nuclear Physics Is A Particularly Fascinating One Because Many Concepts Are Common To Both Fields (quantal Effects, Shells, Geometric Structures, Collective Modes, Fission Etc. ) This Conference Was The Second After The First One Organized By Professor M. Brenner In Abo (finland) In 1991. The General Atmosphere Of A Joint Forum For Atomic And Nuclear Physicists Was Very Fruitful And Thus The Decision To Have A Sequence Of Such Meetings Has Been Taken. A Third One Is Planned In St. Petersburg (russia) With Professor K. Gridnev (st. Petersburg) And Mme. Professor C. Bnkhignac (orsay) As Chairpersons. The Conference Site, Fin\. On Santorini Island (greece), Was A Wonderful Choice For A Conference. It Is Small, Which Helps To Keep People Concentrated In A Smaller Community, It Has A Perfect Convention Center, The P. Nomikos Conference Center, And A Very Beautiful Landscape Formed By A Large Volcanic Crater.