First-principles study of helium clustering at initial stage in ThO<sub>2</sub>

First-principles study of helium clustering at initial stage in ThO₂

Shao Kuan^{1, 3}, Han Han^{1, †}, Zhang Wei^{1, 2}, Wang Chang-Ying¹, Guo Yong-Liang¹, Ren Cui-Lan^{1, 2}, Huai Ping^{1, 2, ‡}

(color online) The configurations of He trimmers in (a) SD₁, (b) SD₂, (c) SD₃; and (d) a He dimer, (e) a He tetramer, and (f) a He hexamer in SD₁.