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Description of He isotopes using the particle-particle random-phase approximation model

Nuclear Theory 2012-10-11 v2 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The two-neutron RPA model has been used to describe helium isotopes with N (the neutron number) = 4, 6, 7, 8 in their ground and excited states. The properties of all these isotopes are given by a single system of equations so that their properties are interdependent. Since the ground states of 9^{9}He and 10^{10}He are still not well established, we have looked how the properties of 9^{9}He induce the properties of the other isotopes, energies and wave functions. Our results suggest an inversion of 2s2s-1p1/21p_{1/2} shells in 9^{9}He. The corresponding ground states of 9^{9}He and 10^{10}He are slightly unbound and respectively 1/2+1/2^+ and 0+0^+ states while the 1/21/2^- and 0+0^+ seen in experiments appear to be excited states. With this assumption on 9^{9}He, we get not only a nice picture of 10^{10}He but also a very good two-neutron separation energy in 8^{8}He.

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@article{arxiv.1207.0756,
  title  = {Description of He isotopes using the particle-particle random-phase approximation model},
  author = {Benoit Laurent and Nicole Vinh Mau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0756},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 2 tables, submitted to PRC

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