Three-body structures of low-lying nuclear states of ${}^8$Li

E. Garrido, A. S. Jensen

The four nucleons in ${}^8$Li outside the $\alpha$-particle ($\alpha {=}^4$He) can be divided into pairs of one neutron ($n$) and 3 nucleons in the triton ($t{=}^3$H), or 2 in the deuteron ($d{=}^2$H…