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Title: Three-cluster dynamics within the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum: How many-body correlations and α clustering shape He 6 [Three-Cluster Dynamics Within The Ab Initio No-Core Shell Model With Continuum: How Many-Body Correlations And Alpha-Clustering Shape 6He]

Abstract

We realize the treatment of bound and continuum nuclear systems in the proximity of a three-body breakup threshold within the ab initio framework of the no-core shell model with continuum. Many-body eigenstates obtained from the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian within the harmonic-oscillator expansion of the no-core shell model are coupled with continuous microscopic three-cluster states to correctly describe the nuclear wave function both in the interior and asymptotic regions. We discuss the formalism in detail and give algebraic expressions for the case of core + n + n systems. Using similarity-renormalization-group evolved nucleon-nucleon interactions, we analyze the role of 4He + n + n clustering and many-body correlations in the ground and low-lying continuum states of the Borromean 6He nucleus, and study the dependence of the energy spectrum on the resolution scale of the interaction. We show that 6He small binding energy and extended radii compatible with experiment can be obtained simultaneously, without resorting to extrapolations. Here, we also find that a significant portion of the ground-state energy and the narrow width of the first 2+ resonance stem from many-body correlations that can be interpreted as core-excitation effects.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  3. Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Arpajon (France). DAM
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1512595
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1430565
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-739751
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN; 893623
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; SCW1158; SCW0498
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Quaglioni, Sofia, Romero-Redondo, Carolina, Navrátil, Petr, and Hupin, Guillaume. Three-cluster dynamics within the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum: How many-body correlations and α clustering shape He6 [Three-Cluster Dynamics Within The Ab Initio No-Core Shell Model With Continuum: How Many-Body Correlations And Alpha-Clustering Shape 6He]. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.97.034332.
Quaglioni, Sofia, Romero-Redondo, Carolina, Navrátil, Petr, & Hupin, Guillaume. Three-cluster dynamics within the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum: How many-body correlations and α clustering shape He6 [Three-Cluster Dynamics Within The Ab Initio No-Core Shell Model With Continuum: How Many-Body Correlations And Alpha-Clustering Shape 6He]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.034332
Quaglioni, Sofia, Romero-Redondo, Carolina, Navrátil, Petr, and Hupin, Guillaume. Fri . "Three-cluster dynamics within the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum: How many-body correlations and α clustering shape He6 [Three-Cluster Dynamics Within The Ab Initio No-Core Shell Model With Continuum: How Many-Body Correlations And Alpha-Clustering Shape 6He]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.034332. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1512595.
@article{osti_1512595,
title = {Three-cluster dynamics within the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum: How many-body correlations and α clustering shape He6 [Three-Cluster Dynamics Within The Ab Initio No-Core Shell Model With Continuum: How Many-Body Correlations And Alpha-Clustering Shape 6He]},
author = {Quaglioni, Sofia and Romero-Redondo, Carolina and Navrátil, Petr and Hupin, Guillaume},
abstractNote = {We realize the treatment of bound and continuum nuclear systems in the proximity of a three-body breakup threshold within the ab initio framework of the no-core shell model with continuum. Many-body eigenstates obtained from the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian within the harmonic-oscillator expansion of the no-core shell model are coupled with continuous microscopic three-cluster states to correctly describe the nuclear wave function both in the interior and asymptotic regions. We discuss the formalism in detail and give algebraic expressions for the case of core + n + n systems. Using similarity-renormalization-group evolved nucleon-nucleon interactions, we analyze the role of 4He + n + n clustering and many-body correlations in the ground and low-lying continuum states of the Borromean 6He nucleus, and study the dependence of the energy spectrum on the resolution scale of the interaction. We show that 6He small binding energy and extended radii compatible with experiment can be obtained simultaneously, without resorting to extrapolations. Here, we also find that a significant portion of the ground-state energy and the narrow width of the first 2+ resonance stem from many-body correlations that can be interpreted as core-excitation effects.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.97.034332},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 3,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: We show the Jacobi coordinates $\vec{η}$1,23 (proportional to the vector between the c.m. of the first cluster and that of the residual two fragments) and $\vec{η}$23 (proportional to the vector between the c.m. of clusters 2 and 3). In the figure, a case with three clusters of four,more » two and one nucleons are shown, however the formalism is completely general and can be used to describe any three cluster configuration.« less

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