19B isotope as a 17B-n-n three-body cluster close to unitary limit

Abstract

We describe 19B in terms of a 17B-n-n three-body system, where the two-body subsystems 17B-n and n-n are unbound (virtual) states close to the unitary limit. The energy of 19B ground state is well reproduced and two low-lying resonances are predicted. Their eventual link with the Efimov physics is discussed. This model can be extended to describe the recently discovered resonant states in 20,21B.

Comments: 27th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC2019). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1912.05427