Is $^{40}$Mg a Borromean halo nucleus? A case built on the electric-dipole response

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Authors: Jagjit Singh, J. Casal, Niels R. Walet, W. Horiuchi, W. Satuła
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Abstract

We investigate the low-energy electric-dipole response of $^{40}$Mg using a $^{38}$Mg$+n+n$ three-body model. This model is implemented using a three-body hyperspherical formalism with an analytical transformed harmonic oscillator basis. In this study, two different neutron-neutron interactions are considered: a scalar Gaussian density-dependent central potential and a more realistic finite-range potential which includes central, spin-orbit, and tensor components. We examine how electric-dipole response is affected by the choice of the interaction.

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Nuclear physics research studies Atomic and Molecular Physics Astronomical and nuclear sciences

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Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
2 February 2026
Document type
Preprint