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Examining possible neutron-halo nuclei heaver than $^{37}$Mg

Nuclear Theory 2017-05-24 v1

Abstract

The even-Z odd-N neutron-halo nuclei, which are the possible lightest neutron-halo nuclei heavier than 37^{37}Mg, are explored by studying the shell-structure unique in weakly-bound neutrons for spherical or deformed shape. It is pointed out that due to the narrowed N=50 spherical energy-gap and a few resulting close-lying neutron one-particle levels, 1g9/2_{9/2}, 3s1/2_{1/2}, and 2d5/2_{5/2}, for spherical shape, nuclei with some weakly-bound neutrons filling in those levels may be deformed and have a good chance to show deformed s-wave halo. Promising candidates are 2471^{71}_{24}Cr47_{47}, 2473^{73}_{24}Cr49_{49}, 2475^{75}_{24}Cr51_{51} and 2677^{77}_{26}Fe51_{51} in the case that those nuclei lie inside the neutron drip-line. An interesting possibility of the deformed p-wave or s-wave halo is suggested also for the nucleus 1853^{53}_{18}Ar35_{35}.

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@article{arxiv.1704.02152,
  title  = {Examining possible neutron-halo nuclei heaver than $^{37}$Mg},
  author = {Ikuko Hamamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02152},
  year   = {2017}
}

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13 pages, 2 figures