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Exploring manifestation and nature of a dineutron in two-neutron emission using a dynamical dineutron model
Emission of two neutrons or two protons in reactions and decays is often
discussed in terms of "dineutron" or "diproton" emission. The discussion often
leans intuitively on something described by Migdal-Watson approximation. In
this work we propose a way to formalize situations of dineutron emission. It is
demonstrated that properly formally defined dineutron emission may reveal
properties which are drastically different from those traditionally expected,
and properties which are actually observed in three-body decays.Comment: 11 pages, 11 Figure
High precision studies of soft dipole mode in two-neutron halo nuclei: He case
The "soft dipole" E1 strength function is calculated for the transition from
the He ground state to the continuum He++. The
calculations were performed within the hyperspherical harmonics formalism. The
sensitivity of the results to the He ground state structure and to final
state interactions, are analyzed. The large-basis calculations show the
reliably converged results for soft dipole strength function and for momentum
correlations of the ^{6}\mbox{He} \rightarrow \, ^{4}He++ dissociation
products. Transition mechanisms are analyzed based on the momentum
correlations. The comparison with experimental data is provided.Comment: 16 pages, 17 figure
Thomas-Ehrman effect in a three-body model: Ne case
The dynamic mechanism of the Thomas-Ehrman shift is studied in three-cluster
systems by example of Ne and C isobaric mirror partners. We
predict configuration mixings for and states in Ne and
C. Large isospin symmetry breaking on the level of wave function
component weights is demonstrated for these states and discussed as three-body
mechanism of Thomas-Ehrman shift. It is shown that the description of the
Coulomb displacement energies requires a consistency among three parameters:
the Ne decay energy , the F ground state energy , and
the configuration mixing parameters for the Ne/C and
states. Basing on this analysis we infer the F ground state
energy to be MeV.Comment: 10 pages 8 figure
Anomalous population of He states in reactions with Li
Structure with the lowest energy observed in the He spectrum populated
in the proton knockout reaction with Li beam has a peak at
MeV. This peak is usually interpreted as a resonant ground state of
He. Our theoretical calculations indicate that this peak is likely to be
a pileup of , , and excitations with very similar shapes. %We
predict a very specific nature of the excitation in He. Moreover,
the ``soft'' excitation appears to be the lowest one in energy. Such an
anomalous continuum response is traced to the halo structure of Li
providing extreme low energy shift to all the expected continuum excitations.
Competitions of the initial state structure (ISS) and the final state
interaction (FSI) effects on the spectrum and three-body correlations in
He are discussed. Analogous effect of the extreme low-energy shift could
also be expected in other cases of emitters populated in reactions with
halo nuclei. Simplified example of the He spectrum in knockout
from Be, is given. We also discuss limits on the properties of He
stemming from the observed He spectrum.Comment: 10 pages, 13 figure
Pauli-principle driven correlations in four-neutron nuclear decays
Mechanism of simultaneous non-sequential four-neutron () emission (or
`true' -decay) has been considered in phenomenological five-body approach.
This approach is analogous to the model of the direct decay to the continuum
often applied to - and -decays. It is demonstrated that -decay
fragments should have specific energy and angular correlations reflecting
strong spatial correlations of `valence' nucleons orbiting in their
-precursors. Due to the Pauli exclusion principle, the valence neutrons are
pushed to the symmetry-allowed configurations in the -precursor structure,
which causes a `Pauli focusing' effect. Prospects of the observation of the
Pauli focusing have been considered for the -precursors H and O.
Fingerprints of their nuclear structure or/and decay dynamics are predicted
Possibility to study a two-proton halo in Ne
The nuclide Ne is studied theoretically in a three-body
O++ model. We demonstrate that the experimental condition for
existence of a proton halo in Ne can be reasonably quantified in terms
of configuration mixing. We discuss experimental evidences for a proton
halo in Ne. We define which kind of experimental data could elucidate
this issue.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Decay mechanism and lifetime of Kr
The lifetime of the recently discovered emitter Kr was recently
found considerably below the lower limit predicted theoretically. This
communication addresses this issue.Different separation energy systematics are
analyzed and different mechanisms for emission are evaluated. It is found
that the most plausible reason for this disagreement is a decay mechanism of
Kr, which is not "true " emission, but "transition dynamics" on the
borderline between true and sequential decay mechanisms. If this is
true, this imposes stringent limits MeV on the ground state
energy of Br relative to the Se- threshold.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
Two-proton radioactivity and three-body decay. V. Improved momentum distributions
Nowadays quantum-mechanical theory allows one to reliably calculate the
processes of 2p radioactivity (true three-body decays) and the corresponding
energy and angular correlations up to distances of the order of 1000 fm.
However, the precision of modern experiments has now become sufficient to
indicate some deficiency of the predicted theoretical distributions. In this
paper we discuss the extrapolation along the classical trajectories as a method
to improve the convergence of the theoretical energy and angular correlations
at very large distances (of the order of atomic distances), where only the
long-range Coulomb forces are still operating. The precision of this approach
is demonstrated using the "exactly" solvable semianalytical models with
simplified three-body Hamiltonians. It is also demonstrated that for heavy 2p
emitters, the 2p decay momentum distributions can be sensitive to the effect of
the screening by atomic electrons. We compare theoretical results with
available experimental data.Comment: 13 pages, 18 figure
Two-proton radioactivity and three-body decay. IV. Connection to quasiclassical formulation
We derive quasiclassical expressions for the three-body decay width and
define the ``preexponential'' coefficients for them. The derivation is based on
the integral formulae for the three-body width obtained in the semianalytical
approach with simplified three-body Hamiltonian [L.V. Grigorenko and M.V.\
Zhukov, arXiv:0704.0920v1]. The model is applied to the decays of the first
excited state of Ne and ground state of Fe.
Various qualitative aspects of the model and relations with the other
simplified approaches to the three-body decays are discussed.Comment: 9 Pages, 2 figure
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