Probing nucleon-nucleon interactions in breakup of the one-neutron halo nucleus 11Be on a proton target

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A comparison between full few-body Faddeev/Alt-Grassberger-Sandhas (Faddeev/AGS) and continuum-discretized coupled-channels calculations is made for the resonant and nonresonant breakup of 11Be on proton target at 63.7 MeV/u incident energy. A simplified two-body model is used for 11Be which involves an inert 10Be(0+) core and a valence neutron. The sensitivity of the calculated observables to the nucleon-nucleon potential dynamical input is analyzed. We show that with the present NN and N-core dynamics the results remain a puzzle for the few-body problem of scattering from light exotic halo nuclei.

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