The role of deformation in the 17C structure and its influence in transfer and breakup reactions

Abstract

17C structure is studied within a two-body model, a weakly bound neutron moving in a deformed potential generated by the core. A semi-microscopic method has been used to generate the deformed valencecore potential. The method consists of the convolution of a realistic nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction with the core transition densities, which are obtained by antisymetrized molecular dynamics (AMD). The results highlight the important role of deformation for this nucleus and can be easily applied to reaction calculations.