Three-body Description of $2n$-Halo and Unbound $2n$-Systems: ${}^{22}$C and ${}^{26}$O

Abstract

We study the two-neutron correlations in the ground state of the weakly-bound two-neutron halo nucleus ${}^{22}$C sitting at the edge of the neutron-drip line and also in the unbound nucleus ${}^{26}$O sitting beyond the neutron dripline. For the present study, we employ a three-body (core$+n+n$) structure model designed for describing the two-neutron halo system by explicit inclusion of unbound continuum states of the subsystem (core$+n$). We use either a density-independent or a density-dependent contact-delta interaction to describe the neutron-neutron interaction and its strength is varied to fix the binding energy. We report the configuration mixing in the ground state of these systems for different choices of pairing interactions.

4 Pages, 1 Figure, 2 Tables. 13th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2018)