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    The analysis of multi-clustering in heavy nuclei
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2020-04) Carolus, Timothy Gary; Wyngaardt, Shaun M.; Malaza, Vusi D.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Physics.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The binary cluster model is the simplest mathematical model which is used to describe a system of strongly interacting, and highly correlated nuclear matter. This study will serve as a means to better understand the phenomenon of nuclear clustering beyond a 208P b-alpha cluster core system. Theoretically predicted observables, such as the cluster decay half-life, positive parity cluster states, and the reduced electric dipole transition (B(E2)) are compared to the available experimentally observed quantities. The results show that the tested systems for various cluster-core configurations, of both a fixed parent nuclei and fixed stable core favoured the phenomenological description of their interaction. A numerical optimization procedure is applied to the core- cluster potential of the binary cluster formalism and is then used as an analytical tool in order to predict the possibility of higher modes of cluster decay in 216Rn.