Exploring the halo character and dipole response in the dripline nucleus ${}^{31}$F

Abstract

Lying at the lower edge of the `island of inversion', neutron-rich Fluorine isotopes (${}^{29-31}$F) provide a curious case to study the configuration mixing in this part of the nuclear landscape. Recent studies have suggested that a prospective two-neutron halo in the dripline nucleus ${}^{31}$F could be linked to the occupancy of the $pf$ intruder configurations. Focusing on configuration mixing, matter radii and neutron-neutron ($nn$) correlations in the ground-state of ${}^{31}$F, we explore various scenarios to analyze its possible halo nature as well as the low-lying electric dipole ($E$1) response within a three-body approach. We use an analytical, transformed harmonic oscillator basis under the aegis of a hyperspherical formalism to construct the ground state three-body wave function of ${}^{31}$F. The ${}^{31}$F ground-state configuration mixing and its matter radius are computed for different choices of the ${}^{30}$F structure coupled to the valence neutron. The admixture of {$p_{3/2}$, $d_{3/2}$, and $f_{7/2}$} components is found to play an important role, favouring the dominance of inverted configurations with dineutron spreads for two-neutron halo formation. The increase in matter radius with respect to the core radius, $\Delta r⩾$ 0.30 fm and the dipole distributions along with the integrated $B(E1)$ strengths of $⩾$ 2.6 $e^2$fm${}^2$ are large enough to be compatible with other two-neutron halo nuclei. Three-body results for ${}^{31}$F indicate a large spatial extension in its ground state due to the inversion of the energy levels of the normal shell model scheme. The increase is augmented by and is proportional to the extent of the $p_{3/2}$ component in the wave function. Additionally, the enhanced dipole distributions and large $B(E1)$ strengths all point to the two-neutron halo character of ${}^{31}$F.

15 pages with 20 figures and two tables

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