Roles of the tensor and pairing correlations on the halo formation in 11Li

We study the roles of the tensor and pairing correlations on the halo formation in 11Li with an extended 9Li+n+n model. We first solve the ground state of 9Li in the shell model basis by taking 2p-2h states using the Gaussian functions with variational size parameters to take into account the tensor correlation fully. In 11Li, the tensor and pairing correlations in 9Li are Pauli-blocked by additional two neutrons, which work coherently to make the configurations containing the 0p1/2 state pushed up and close to those containing the 1s1/2 state. Hence, the pairing interaction works efficiently to mix the two configurations by equal amount and develop the halo structure in 11Li. For 10Li, the inversion phenomenon of s- and p-states is reproduced in the same framework. Our model furthermore explains the recently observed Coulomb breakup strength and charge radius for 11Li.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure

Towards a More Complete and Accurate Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data Library (EXFOR): International Collaboration Between Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC)

The International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) coordinated by the IAEA Nuclear Data Section (NDS) is successfully collaborating in the maintenance and development of the EXFOR library. As the scope of published data expands (e.g., to higher energy, to heavier projectile) to meet the needs from the frontier of sciences and applications, it becomes nowadays a hard and challenging task to maintain both completeness and accuracy of the whole EXFOR library. The paper describes evolution of the library with highlights on recent developments.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

Shell Model in the Complex Energy Plane

This work reviews foundations and applications of the complex-energy continuum shell model that provides a consistent many-body description of bound states, resonances, and scattering states. The model can be considered a quasi-stationary open quantum system extension of the standard configuration interaction approach for well-bound (closed) systems.Comment: Topical Review, J. Phys. G, Nucl. Part. Phys, in press (2008

Description of nuclear structures in light nuclei with Brueckner-AMD

We develop the new antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) method, Brueckner-AMD, which makes us perform the AMD calculations starting from the realistic nuclear force. In the Brueckner-AMD, the single-particle orbits of AMD can be applied straightforward to the Bethe-Goldstone equation in the Brueckner theory by using the AMD+Hartree-Fock method, and the G-matrices are determined with the single-particle energies of AMD self-consistently. In that sense, in this framework, the G-matrix in AMD can be solved theoretically without any corrections. We present the applicability of the Brueckner-AMD to describe not only the ground states but also the excited states for some light nuclei, especially the excited 02+ state in 12C which is not solved sufficiently by the present shell model approaches, starting from the realistic nuclear force

The scattering cross sections for

We investigate the continuum-discretized coupled-channel analysis to the integrated elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections for 6,7Li + n reactions. We used the Jeukenne-Lejeune-Mahaux effective nucleon-nucleon interaction and optical model potential at incident neutron energies below and above 10 MeV, respectively. The calculated elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections with observed incident energies are almost in good agreement with experimental and evaluated data