Spectroscopy with Giant Trinuclear Molecules

Abstract

Recent experimental investigations are pointing to the existence of a new type of nuclear phenomenon which consists in the formation of a long living molecule during the cold fragmentation of ²⁵²Cf. For such long times it is possible that the nuclear molecules rotate and vibrate like atomic molecules making thus possible the study of a new type of spectroscopy. We present in this paper the basic ideas which are leading to the calculation of rotational and vibrational bands of three-clusters molecules.