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Kiyoshi Katō

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Time-evolution formalism in the complex scaling method: Application to the two-proton decay of $^{6}$Be

We apply our complex-scaled time-evolution operator to the two-proton decay of $^{6}$Be. The nucleus is described as an $α+p+p$ three-body system with explicit Jacobi-coordinate rearrangement and the realistic Argonne $v8'$ NN interaction for the proton-proton subsystem. Starting from a confined initial wave packet, the decay dynamics are described by expansion over the complex-scaled eigenstates of the final Hamiltonian. The decay width extracted from the late-time survival probability agrees closely with that obtained from the CSM resonance pole. The time-dependent densities in different Jacobi coordinates reveal complementary aspects of the evolving three-body geometry, while the spin-singlet component remains dominant during the decay. In particular, the correlated two-proton configuration persists even in the presence of the strong short-range repulsion of the realistic NN interaction. These results demonstrate the applicability of the complex-scaled time-evolution framework to explicit three-body decay dynamics and provide a consistent description of the decay width, spatial evolution, and spin correlations of $^{6}$Be.

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Time evolution formalism in the complex scaling method: Application to the E1 response of $^6$He

Background: The complex scaling method (CSM) has been successfully used to describe many-body resonances as eigenvalues of the complex-scaled Hamiltonian in an appropriate $L^2$ basis representation. Its scope has subsequently been extended to many-body continuum states, strength functions, and scattering observables. However, a general framework that incorporates time evolution within the same CSM framework has not yet been established. Purpose: We formulate a time-evolution formalism as a natural extension of the CSM based on the extended completeness relation (ECR), and apply it to the electric dipole (E1) excitation of $^6$He in order to clarify how an initially correlated three-body configuration evolves into continuum states. Methods: Time evolution is described by a complex-scaled time-evolution operator represented with the ECR. The formalism is first tested in a simple two-body model through comparison with a direct numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. It is then applied to the E1 excitation of $^6$He in an $α+ n + n$ three-body model, and the density distributions are analyzed in different Jacobi coordinate systems. Results: The present formalism reproduces the wave-packet evolution obtained in the direct time-dependent calculation. In the application to $^6$He, the initial E1-excited state exhibits a correlated configuration and evolves into spatially extended continuum states. The time evolution of the density distributions indicates the coexistence of sequential decay through a core-neutron subsystem and direct breakup. Conclusions: The present formalism extends the scope of the CSM from spectral and scattering observables to real-time continuum dynamics, and provides a unified framework that connects initial-state correlations, continuum structure, and decay dynamics in weakly bound nuclei.

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Five-body resonances in $^8$He and $^8$C using the complex scaling method

We study many-body resonances in the neuron-rich $^8$He and the mirror proton-rich $^8$C using the $^4$He+$N$+$N$+$N$+$N$ five-body model with the isospin $T=2$ system. Resonances are described with the complex energy eigenvalues as the Gamow states using the complex scaling method. In $^8$He, we obtain five states, in which four states are resonances, and in $^8$C all five states are resonances.We discuss the isospin-symmetry breaking dynamically induced by the Coulomb interaction in the energy spectra and decay widths of the resonances in two mirror nuclei. We predict the resonance energies and decay widths for the future experiments. We also investigate the configurations of valence nucleons above $^4$He in two nuclei with the $jj$ coupling scheme and all the states dominantly have the $p$-shell configurations. From the configuration mixing, $^8$He and $^8$C give the similar results, which indicates the good symmetry in two nuclei.

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Photodisintegration cross section of $^9$Be up to 16 MeV in the $α$ + $α$ + n three-body model

The photodisintegration of $^9$Be in the energy region lower than $E_γ= 16$ MeV is investigated by using the $α$~+~$α$~+~$n$ three-body model and the complex scaling method. The cross section exhibits two aspects in the different two energy regions. In the low energy region up to $E_γ= 6$ MeV, the cross section is explained by the transition strengths into the excited resonant states of $^9$Be, while the dipole transition into the non-resonant continuum states of $^8$Be(2$^+$)~+~$n$ dominates the cross section in the energy region of $6 \le E_γ\le 16$ MeV. Furthermore, it is shown that the dipole strength at $E_γ\sim 8$ MeV is understood to be caused by the single-neutron excitation from the $^8$Be(2$^+$)~$\otimes$~$νp_{3/2}$ configuration in the ground state.

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Precise comparison of the Gaussian expansion method and the Gamow shell model

We perform a detailed comparison of results of the Gamow Shell Model (GSM) and the Gaussian Expansion Method (GEM) supplemented by the complex scaling (CS) method for the same translationally-invariant cluster-orbital shell model (COSM) Hamiltonian. As a benchmark test, we calculate the ground state $0^{+}$ and the first excited state $2^{+}$ of mirror nuclei $^{6}$He and $^{6}$Be in the model space consisting of two valence nucleons in $p$-shell outside of a $^{4}$He core. We find a good overall agreement of results obtained in these two different approaches, also for many-body resonances.

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New description of four-body breakup reaction

We present a novel method of smoothing discrete breakup cross sections calculated by the method of continuum-discretized coupled-channels. The method based on the complex scaling method is tested with success for $^{58}$Ni($d$, $pn$) reaction at 80 MeV as an example of a three-body breakup reaction, and applied to $^{12}$C($^6$He, $nn^4$He) reaction at 229.8 MeV as a typical example of a four-body breakup reaction. The new method does not need to derive continuum states of the projectile in order to evaluate the breakup cross section as a smooth factor of the excitation energy of the projectile. Fast convergence of the breakup cross section with respect to extending the modelspace is confirmed. For the $^6$He breakup cross section, the resonant component is separated from the non-resonant one.

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Study for the s-wave in ^{10}Li with analysis of cross-sections

We study the effect of s-wave cross-sections in $^{4}$He+$n$ and $^{9}$Li+$n$ elastic scattering reactions by using the Jost function method (JFM). In $^{5}$He ($^{4}$He+$n$), the s-wave pole of the $S$-matrix does not contribute so much to the total cross-section. On the other hand, in $^{10}$Li ($^{9}$Li+$n$), the s-wave component can not be neglected due to a relatively strong attraction for the s-waves of the core+$n$ potential. It is shown that the $^{9}$Li-$n$ potential, which is microscopically derived by taking into account the pairing-blocking effect for a p-wave neutron, reproduces the s-wave pole close to the $^{9}$Li+$n$ threshold and strongly enhances the s-wave cross-section near the threshold.

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