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Many light nuclei display behaviour that indicates that, rather than behaving as an A -body system of individual nucleons, the degrees of freedom are those of clusters. The appearance of α -particle clustering is most widespread. In the present proceedings the symmetries and dynamics of the nuclei 8 Be, 12 C and 16 O are examined together with some recent experimental measurements.

Many light nuclei display behaviour that indicates that rather than behaving as an A -body systems, the protons and neutrons condense into clusters. The α -particle is the most obvious example of such clustering. This contribution examines the role of such α -clustering on the structure, symmetries and dynamics of the nuclei 8 Be, 12 C and 16 O, recent experimental measurements and future perspectives.