A Molecular Model for High-Spin Heavy-Ion Resonances

Abstract

A new molecular model is presented in detail, in which collective motions of the di-nuclear system are described in the rotating molecular frame. The model is applied to high-spin resonances observed in 24Mg + 24Mg scattering. A stable configuration of the system is found to be a pole-pole one, due to the prolate shape of the 24Mg nuclei. Normal modes at the equilibrium are solved to give rise to various molecular levels, which appear to be in good correspondence with the experiment.