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In neutron-rich $^8$He, we study the soft dipole resonance, which is regarded as a dipole oscillation of four valence neutrons against the $^4$He core, and its effect on the low-energy electric dipole strength with a $^4$He+$n$+$n$+$n$+$n$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-11-22 Takayuki Myo , Myagmarjav Odsuren , Kiyoshi Kato

Role of the Pauli principle in the formation of both the discrete spectrum and multi-channel states of the binary nuclear systems composed of clusters is studied in the Algebraic Version of the resonating-group method. Solutions of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Gennady Filippov , Yuliya Lashko

In this paper, we will briefly review the recent progress on neutron correlations and clustering in neutron-rich nuclei from quasi-free scattering experiments. The quasi-free ($p$, $pn$) reaction was measured for Borromean nuclei $^{11}$Li,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-01-22 Zaihong Yang , Yuki Kubota

This work treats few-body systems consisting of neutrons interacting with a $^{4}{\mathrm{He}}$ nucleus. The adiabatic hyperspherical representation is utilized to solve the $N$-body Schr$\ddot{\mathrm{o}}$dinger equation for the three- and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-25 Michael D. Higgins , Chris H. Greene

The study of inelastic scattering and multi-nucleon transfer reactions was performed by bombarding a $^{9}$Be target with a $^3$He beam at an incident energy of 30 MeV. Angular distributions for $^9$Be($^3$He,$^3$He)$^{9}$Be,…

The weak binding and spatially extended neutron densities characteristic of drip-line nuclei give rise to a distinctive low-energy dipole response. The drip-line nucleus $^8$He is the most neutron-rich bound nucleus with a mass-to-charge…

Background: The understanding of nuclear reactions between light nuclei at energies below the Coulomb barrier is important for several astrophysical processes, but their study poses experimental and theoretical challenges. At sufficiently…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-06 Salvatore Simone Perrotta , Maria Colonna , José Antonio Lay

We study the nuclear compositions in the central region of a core-collapse supernova, assuming the existence of dineutrons ($^2n$) and tetraneutrons ($^4n$). At 100~ms after core bounce, ${}^2n$ and ${}^4n$ are more abundant than deuterons…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-14 Tatsuya Matsuki , Shun Furusawa , Katsuhiko Suzuki

Nuclear interactions play a key role for the stability of atomic nuclei and stellar environments. Successful parametrization and models of these interactions, developed in the last decades, accurately reproduce all the proton and neutron…

The low-lying continuum spectrum of the $^6{\rm He}$ nucleus is investigated for the first time within an ab initio framework that encompasses the $^4{\rm He}$+$n$+$n$ three-cluster dynamics characterizing its lowest decay channel. This is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-07-23 Carolina Romero-Redondo , Sofia Quaglioni , Petr Navrátil , Guillaume Hupin

The structure of heavy hyperhydrogen $^6_{\Lambda}$H is studied within the framework of a $tnn\Lambda$ four-body cluster model. Interactions among the constituent subunits are determined so as to reproduce reasonably well the observed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 E. Hiyama , S. Ohnishi , M. Kamimura , Y. Yamamoto

We realize the treatment of bound and continuum nuclear systems in the proximity of a three-body breakup threshold within the ab initio framework of the no-core shell model with continuum. Many-body eigenstates obtained from the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Sofia Quaglioni , Carolina Romero-Redondo , Petr Navratil , Guillaume Hupin

A quantitative and predictive microscopic theoretical framework that can describe reactions induced by $\alpha$ particles ($^4$He nuclei) and heavier projectiles is currently lacking. Such a framework would contribute to reducing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Konstantinos Kravvaris , Sofia Quaglioni , Guillaume Hupin , Petr Navratil

Our current knowledge of the baryon--baryon interaction suggests that the dineutron $(n,n)$ and its strange analogue $(n,\Lambda)$ are unstable. In contrast, the situation is more favorable for the strange three-body system $(n,n,\Lambda)$,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Jean-Marc Richard , Qian Wang , Qiang Zhao

This dissertation investigated selected processes involving baryons and nuclei in hard scattering reactions. Through these processes, this work explored the constituent structure of baryons and the mechanisms through which the interactions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-08-26 Carlos G. Granados

The nucleon-nucleon interaction is constructed by means of the $J$-matrix version of inverse scattering theory. Ambiguities of the interaction are eliminated by postulating tridiagonal and quasi-tridiagonal forms of the potential matrix in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. M. Shirokov , A. I. Mazur , S. A. Zaytsev , J. P. Vary , T. A. Weber

The structure of the three-body Borromean nucleus 6He is approximated by a two-body di-neutron cluster model. The binding energy of the 2n-\alpha system is determined to obtain a correct description of the 2n-\alpha coordinate, as given by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. M. Moro , K. Rusek , J. M. Arias , J. Gomez-Camacho , M. Rodriguez-Gallardo

The clustering of nucleons is a fundamental phenomenon with broad implications for nuclear physics and astrophysics. In this work, we employ a microscopic in-medium few-body approach to systematically investigate the formation and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-14 Qi Meng , Chang Xu

The initial-state geometry in relativistic heavy-ion collisions provides a novel probe to nuclear cluster structure. For $^{20}$Ne, a novel approach is proposed to distinguish between the cluster configurations (5$\alpha$ versus $\alpha +…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-03 Pei Li , Bo Zhou , Guo-Liang Ma

In a phenomenological approach, the $\alpha$ + core structure is investigated in the $^{20}$Ne, $^{44}$Ti, $^{94}$Mo, $^{104}$Te, and $^{212}$Po nuclei through the local potential model using a double-folding nuclear potential with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-05-03 M. A. Souza , H. Miyake