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Halo nuclei with the Coulomb-Sturmian basis

Nuclear Theory 2014-09-02 v1

Abstract

The rapid falloff of the oscillator functions at large radius (Gaussian asymptotics) makes them poorly suited for the description of the asymptotic properties of the nuclear wave function, a problem which becomes particularly acute for halo nuclei. We consider an alternative basis for ab initio no-core configuration interaction (NCCI) calculations, built from Coulomb-Sturmian radial functions, allowing for realistic (exponential) radial falloff. NCCI calculations are carried out for the neutron-rich He isotopes, and estimates are made for the RMS radii of the proton and neutron distributions.

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@article{arxiv.1409.0108,
  title  = {Halo nuclei with the Coulomb-Sturmian basis},
  author = {M. A. Caprio and P. Maris and J. P. Vary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.0108},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

10 pages, 8 figures; presented at the International Conference on Nuclear Theory in the Supercomputing Era, Ames, IA, May 13-17, 2013; as published in Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Theory in the Supercomputing Era 2013, ed. A. M. Shirokov and A. I. Mazur (Pacific National University, Khabarovsk, Russia, 2014), pages 325-335; http://ntse-2013.khb.ru/Proc/Caprio.pdf