Neutron Halos in Excited States of 12B

An experiment was done to search for states with a neutron halo in 12B. The measurements were carried out at the cyclotron of the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) using Large Scattering Chamber (LSC). The idea of the work was to search for two states with the expected neutron halo, 1 ̄ and 2 ̄. Differential cross sections with excitation of 12B states, including abovementioned states, were observed. The preliminary calculations on halo radii by the method of asymptotic normalization coefficients for the 2 ̄ and 1 ̄ states which are in a discrete spectrum gave following values: 5.6 fm and 7.4 fm, which is much larger than the radius of the valence neutron in the ground state. But strictly the presence of a neutron halo can be confirmed only for 1 ̄ state. The 2 ̄ state can be considered only as candidate for halo. An unexpected result was obtained for the 3 ̄, 3.39 MeV state, which is in continuum 19 keV above the decay threshold 12B → 11B + n, preliminary estimation for its halo radius is ∼ 6.5 fm. This indicates that the halo can be present in this state as well. But strict conditions for neutron halo are not fulfilled in the same way as for 2 ̄ state. Until now, the neutron halo in unbound states has been observed only for the members of the rotational bands.

Radiative reactions in halo effective field theory

In this article we review the recent progress in radiative reaction calculations in halo effective field theory. We look at radiative capture and breakup processes that involve a halo nucleus with a single valence neutron or proton. Looking at [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text],[Formula: see text]n[Formula: see text] and related reactions, the dominant source of theoretical uncertainty in [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-wave halo nuclei reaction calculations is quantified in a model-independent framework. The analysis for neutron halos is extended to proton halo systems. The effective field theory results quantify which observable parameters of the strong interaction at low energy need to be determined more precisely for accurate cross-section calculations.

Correlation between ground state lifetime and valence nucleons for isotopic chains

The variation of β-decay lifetime of the ground state of various isotope chains display a systematic behavior with respect to the ratio of the number of valence neutron particles or holes and the maximum possible number of neutron particles or holes in that shell. Lifetimes, depending on the particle or hole nature of the protons and neutrons, as well as whether they belong to the same shell or not, are found to exhibit similar increasing or decreasing trends and display similar behavior with respect to variation of the above-mentioned ratio.