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Title: Three-body model for the two-neutron emission of Be 16

Abstract

While diproton emission was first theorized in 1960 and first measured in 2002, it was first observed only in 2012. The measurement of 14Be in coincidence with two neutrons suggests that 16Be does decay through the simultaneous emission of two strongly correlated neutrons. In this study, we construct a full three-body model of 16Be (as 14Be + n + n) in order to investigate its configuration in the continuum and, in particular, the structure of its ground state. Here, in order to describe the three-body system, effective n – 14Be potentials were constructed, constrained by the experimental information on 15Be. The hyperspherical R-matrix method was used to solve the three-body scattering problem, and the resonance energy of 16Be was extracted from a phase-shift analysis. As a result, in order to reproduce the experimental resonance energy of 16Be within this three-body model, a three-body interaction was needed. For extracting the width of the ground state of 16Be, we use the full width at half maximum of the derivative of the three-body eigenphase shifts and the width of the three-body elastic scattering cross section. In conclusion, our results confirm a dineutron structure for 16Be, dependent on the internal structure of the subsystemmore » 15Be.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab. and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1357087
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1346586; OSTI ID: 1347668
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-708124
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0002132; AC52-07NA27344; FG52-08NA28552; NA0002135
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
APS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; dineutron; two-neutron decay; hyperspherical harmonics; R-matrix; rare isotopes

Citation Formats

Lovell, A. E., Nunes, F. M., and Thompson, I. J. Three-body model for the two-neutron emission of Be16. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034605.
Lovell, A. E., Nunes, F. M., & Thompson, I. J. Three-body model for the two-neutron emission of Be16. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034605
Lovell, A. E., Nunes, F. M., and Thompson, I. J. Fri . "Three-body model for the two-neutron emission of Be16". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034605. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1357087.
@article{osti_1357087,
title = {Three-body model for the two-neutron emission of Be16},
author = {Lovell, A. E. and Nunes, F. M. and Thompson, I. J.},
abstractNote = {While diproton emission was first theorized in 1960 and first measured in 2002, it was first observed only in 2012. The measurement of 14Be in coincidence with two neutrons suggests that 16Be does decay through the simultaneous emission of two strongly correlated neutrons. In this study, we construct a full three-body model of 16Be (as 14Be + n + n) in order to investigate its configuration in the continuum and, in particular, the structure of its ground state. Here, in order to describe the three-body system, effective n – 14Be potentials were constructed, constrained by the experimental information on 15Be. The hyperspherical R-matrix method was used to solve the three-body scattering problem, and the resonance energy of 16Be was extracted from a phase-shift analysis. As a result, in order to reproduce the experimental resonance energy of 16Be within this three-body model, a three-body interaction was needed. For extracting the width of the ground state of 16Be, we use the full width at half maximum of the derivative of the three-body eigenphase shifts and the width of the three-body elastic scattering cross section. In conclusion, our results confirm a dineutron structure for 16Be, dependent on the internal structure of the subsystem 15Be.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034605},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 3,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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