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Three-body halo states in effective field theory

Nuclear Theory 2017-01-31 v1

Abstract

In this paper we study the renormalization of Halo effective field theory applied to the Helium-6 halo nucleus seen as an alpha-neutron-neutron three-body state. We include the 0+ dineutron channel together with both the 3/2- and 1/2- neutron-alpha channels into the field theory and study all of the six lowest-order three-body interactions that are present. Furthermore, we discuss three different prescriptions to handle the unphysical poles in the P-wave two-body sector. In the simpler field theory without the 1/2- channel present we find that the bound-state spectrum of the field theory is renormalized by the inclusion of a single three-body interaction. However, in the field theory with both the 3/2- and 1/2- included, the system can not be renormalized by only one three-body operator.

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@article{arxiv.1701.08576,
  title  = {Three-body halo states in effective field theory},
  author = {Emil Ryberg and Christian Forssén and Lucas Platter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.08576},
  year   = {2017}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures