Abstract
The formation of large size clusters and/or their relative motion as
possible excitation mode are suggested to be closely related to the
origin of deformation in specific cases. In S-32, the consideration of
some excitations in this nucleus as based on the existence of two doubly
magic O-16 clusters offers a possible solution to the long-standing
problem of missing quadrupole collectivity in shell-model calculations
aiming to describe electromagnetic E-2 transition strengths and
quadrupole moments. To experimentally check again this collectivity,
lifetime measurements were performed on S-30 and S-32. In S-32, at
least, the reproduction of a number of observables supports the cluster
scenario. Additionally, the superdeformed yrast band in Zr-80 could find
an explanation as based on the relative motion of two Ca-40 clusters.
Simultaneously, a necessity arises to revise experimentally some
lifetimes derived in the past within the Blaugrund approximation when
using the Doppler-shift attenuation method.
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