Universal Aspects of Neutron Halos in Light Exotic Nuclei

The theoretical few-body aspects associated with universal properties of weakly-bound neutron-rich light nuclei close to the drip line will be reviewed briefly, considering recent theoretical and experimental works. We will address low-energy properties of the one- and two-neutron halo of light exotic nuclei, which are dominated by s-wave short-range two-body interactions. In view of recent experiments with light neutron-rich nuclei, we will discuss properties of exotic nuclei as 11Li, 14Be, 20C and 22C, within a three-body neutron–neutron-core model. Particular emphasis will be given to model independent properties associated to halo neutrons, which obey universal scaling laws. We discuss how the scaling laws for the s-wave observables of two-neutron halo will be identified with limit-cycles and Thomas–Efimov effect in a zero-range three-body model. (author)