101. Proton Distribution Radii of ^{12-19}C Illuminate Features of Neutron Halos
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Kanungo, R., Horiuchi, W., Hagen, G., Jansen, G. R., Navratil, P., Ameil, F., Atkinson, J., Ayyad, Y., Cortina-Gil, D., Dillmann, I., Estradé, A., Evdokimov, A., Farinon, F., Geissel, H., Guastalla, G., Janik, R., Kimura, M., Knöbel, R., Kurcewicz, J., Litvinov, Yu. A., Marta, M., Mostazo, M., Mukha, I., Nociforo, C., Ong, H. J., Pietri, S., Prochazka, A., Scheidenberger, C., Sitar, B., Strmen, P., Suzuki, Y., Takechi, M., Tanaka, J., Tanihata, I., Terashima, S., Vargas, J., Weick, H., and Winfield, J. S.
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Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) ,Nuclear Theory ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
Proton radii of $^{12-19}$C densities derived from first accurate charge changing cross section measurements at 900$A$ MeV with a carbon target are reported. A thick neutron surface evolves from $\sim$ 0.5 fm in $^{15}$C to $\sim$ 1 fm in $^{19}$C. The halo radius in $^{19}$C is found to be 6.4$\pm$0.7 fm as large as $^{11}$Li. Ab initio calculations based on chiral nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon forces reproduce well the radii., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
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- 2016