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Title: Ab initio description of the exotic unbound 7He nucleus

Abstract

In this study, the neutron-rich unbound 7He nucleus has been the subject of many experimental investigations. While the ground-state 3/2 resonance is well established, there is a controversy concerning the excited 1/2 resonance reported in some experiments as low lying and narrow (ER~1 MeV, Γ≤1 MeV) while in others as very broad and located at a higher energy. This issue cannot be addressed by ab initio theoretical calculations based on traditional bound-state methods. We introduce a new unified approach to nuclear bound and continuum states based on the coupling of the no-core shell model, a bound-state technique, with the no-core shell model combined with the resonating-group method, a nuclear scattering technique. Our calculations describe the ground-state resonance in agreement with experiment and, at the same time, predict a broad 1/2 resonance above 2 MeV.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles (Belgium); TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  2. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1248268
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-588732
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 110; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Baroni, Simone, Navratil, Petr, and Quaglioni, Sofia. Ab initio description of the exotic unbound 7He nucleus. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022505.
Baroni, Simone, Navratil, Petr, & Quaglioni, Sofia. Ab initio description of the exotic unbound 7He nucleus. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022505
Baroni, Simone, Navratil, Petr, and Quaglioni, Sofia. Fri . "Ab initio description of the exotic unbound 7He nucleus". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022505. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248268.
@article{osti_1248268,
title = {Ab initio description of the exotic unbound 7He nucleus},
author = {Baroni, Simone and Navratil, Petr and Quaglioni, Sofia},
abstractNote = {In this study, the neutron-rich unbound 7He nucleus has been the subject of many experimental investigations. While the ground-state 3/2– resonance is well established, there is a controversy concerning the excited 1/2– resonance reported in some experiments as low lying and narrow (ER~1 MeV, Γ≤1 MeV) while in others as very broad and located at a higher energy. This issue cannot be addressed by ab initio theoretical calculations based on traditional bound-state methods. We introduce a new unified approach to nuclear bound and continuum states based on the coupling of the no-core shell model, a bound-state technique, with the no-core shell model combined with the resonating-group method, a nuclear scattering technique. Our calculations describe the ground-state resonance in agreement with experiment and, at the same time, predict a broad 1/2– resonance above 2 MeV.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022505},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 2,
volume = 110,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Fri Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}

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