학술논문

Searching for universality of dineutron correlation at the surface of Borromean nuclei
Document Type
article
Source
Physics Letters B, Vol 840, Iss , Pp 137875- (2023)
Subject
Quasi-free scattering
Borromean nuclei
Three-body model
Jacobi coordinates
Dineutron
Physics
QC1-999
Language
English
ISSN
0370-2693
Abstract
The dineutron correlation is systematically studied in three different Borromean nuclei near the neutron dripline, 11Li, 14Be and 17B, via the (p,pn) knockout reaction measured at the RIBF facility in RIKEN. For the three nuclei, the correlation angle between the valence neutrons is found to be largest in the same range of intrinsic momenta, which can be associated to the nuclear surface. This result reinforces the prediction that the formation of the dineutron is universal in environments with low neutron density, such as the surface of neutron-rich Borromean nuclei.