Published July 26, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

The 11Li nucleus as a three-body system

  • 1. Aarhus Univ. (Denmark). Inst. of Physics

Description

It is shown that a variational three-body calculation with two neutrons interacting with a core via weak, short-range interactions leads to a correlated two-neutron bound state. The most probable separation between the neutrons is 3.3 fm and their most probable centre of mass distance from the 9Li core is 3.1 fm. The resulting 11Li system is consistent with the experimental information about radius, energy, momentum distribution of the 9Li core and also with the cross section for Coulomb dissociation. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
244
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
357-362
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA