Linking structure and dynamics with two-neutron halos

Abstract

We present a theoretical description of (p, pn) reactions induced by two-neutron halo nuclei at intermediate energies. For this purpose, we use a reaction framework that incorporates a full three-body model for the projectile, and we focus on the cases of 11Li and 14Be. Our results provide a direct link between the structure properties of these nuclei and different reaction observables, such as relative-energy spectra or momentum distributions. We discuss also on the link between dineutron correlations and opening-angle distributions.