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Few-body universality in the deuteron- α system

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)
  2. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  3. Forschungszentrum Julich (Germany)
  4. Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States); Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany). Inst. fur Kernphysik; GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
We treat 6Li as an effective three-body (n-p-α) system and compute the d-α S-wave scattering length and three-body separation energy of 6Li for a wide variety of nucleon-nucleon and α-nucleon potentials which have the same (or nearly the same) phase shifts. The Coulomb interaction in the p-α subsystem is omitted. The results of all calculations lie on a one-parameter curve in the plane defined by the d-α S-wave scattering length and the amount by which 6Li is bound with respect to the n-p-α threshold. We argue that these aspects of the n-p-α system can be understood using few-body universality and that 6Li can thus usefully be thought of as a two-nucleon halo nucleus.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; FG02-93ER40756
OSTI ID:
1544157
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1483451
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 98; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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