Abstract

A simple five-body cluster orbital shell model approximation is proposed to describe the ground state wave function of the [sup 8]He neutron-halo nucleus. The spatial angular correlations, the geometry of the system, the [alpha]-particle, and the valence neutron momentum distribution are calculated analytically. With a single free parameter the model is able to reproduce the experimental geometry of [sup 8]He as well as the experimental transverse momentum distribution of the [sup 6]He nucleus from [sup 8]He fragmentation on a carbon target, at high energy.

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