Neutron-rich B isotopes studied with antisymmetrized molecular dynamics.

Abstract

Structure of odd-even B isotopes up to the neutron dripline is studied systematically with the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD). The AMD method has already proved to be a powerful theoretical approach for the systematic study of nuclear structure in extensive region including exotic neutron-rich nuclei as well as ordinary nuclei. It is owing to its flexible nature free from any model assumptions such as the existence of clusters. The energies and other observed data of B isotopes are reproduced well. Especially very good reproduction of electromagnetic properties is obtained. The systematic behavior of the electromagnetic properties is explained in relation to the drastic change between clustering structure and shell-model-like structure. This explanation gives us an important indication that clustering structure in neutron-rich B nuclei is strongly suggested by the experimental data. It is shown that the structure change with increase of the neutron number is largely governed by the shell effect of neutron orbits. Exotic structure with new type of clustering is suggested to evolve in neutron-rich nuclei near the dripline.