https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13118-4
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Charge form factors of two-neutron halo nuclei in halo EFT
1
Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik and Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany
2
Argonne National Laboratory, Physics Division, 60439, Argonne, IL, USA
3
Department of Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
* e-mail: hammer@hiskp.uni-bonn.de
Received:
30
April
2013
Accepted:
26
August
2013
Published online:
20
September
2013
We set up a formalism to calculate the charge form factors of two-neutron halo nuclei with S -wave neutron-core interactions in the framework of the halo effective field theory. The method is applied to some known and suspected halo nuclei. In particular, we calculate the form factors and charge radii relative to the core to leading order in the halo EFT and compare to experiments where they are available. Moreover, we investigate the general dependence of the charge radius on the core mass and the one- and two-neutron separation energies.
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