Eur. Phys. J. A (2009) 42: 553-558
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2009-10815-5

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Helium halo nuclei from low-momentum interactions

¹ TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, V6T 2A3, Vancouver, BC, Canada
² Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
³ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, 37996, Knoxville, TN, USA

^* e-mail: schwenk@triumf.ca

Received: 10 February 2009
Revised: 6 May 2009
Accepted: 13 May 2009
Published online: 9 June 2009

Abstract

We present ground-state energies of helium halo nuclei based on chiral low-momentum interactions, using the hyperspherical-harmonics method for ⁶He and coupled-cluster theory for ⁸He , with correct asymptotics for the extended halo structure.