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Is a neutron halo nothing but a large neutron skin?

Nuclear Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We discuss the difference between neutron halos and neutron skins matching to our usual thinking of a skin as being connected to a body whereas a halo is, in some sense, disconnected from the body. We emphasize that the existence of one or more neutrons behaving incoherently with respect to the rest of the nucleons in a nucleus can match the picture of a neutron halo.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0309080,
  title  = {Is a neutron halo nothing but a large neutron skin?},
  author = {Fumiyo Uchiyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0309080},
  year   = {2007}
}

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