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Two neutron decay from the $2_1^+$ state of $^6$He

Nuclear Theory 2015-06-16 v1

Abstract

Decay mode of the 21+2_1^+ resonant state of 6^6He populated by the 6^6He breakup reaction by 12^{12}C at 240 MeV/nucleon is investigated. The continuum-discretized coupled-channels method is adopted to describe the formation of the 21+2_1^+ state, whereas its decay is described by the complex-scaled solutions of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation. From analysis of invariant mass spectra with respect to the α\alpha-nn and nn-nn subsystems, coexistence of two decay modes is found. One is the simultaneous decay of two neutrons correlating with each other and the other is the emission of two neutrons to the opposite directions. The latter is found to be free from the final state interaction and suggests existence of a di-neutron in the 21+2_1^+ state of 6^6He.

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@article{arxiv.1308.1152,
  title  = {Two neutron decay from the $2_1^+$ state of $^6$He},
  author = {Yuma Kikuchi and Takuma Matsumoto and Kosho Minomo and Kazuyuki Ogata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.1152},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C