Roles of the tensor and pairing correlations on the halo formation in 11Li

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We study the roles of the tensor and pairing correlations on the halo formation in 11Li with an extended 9Li+n+n model.

• We first solve the ground state of 9Li in the shell model basis by taking 2p-2h states using the Gaussian functions with variational size parameters to take into account the tensor correlation fully.
• In 11Li, the tensor and pairing correlations in 9Li are Pauli-blocked by additional two neutrons, which work coherently to make the configurations containing the 0p1/2 state pushed up and close to those containing the 1s1/2 state.
• Hence, the pairing interaction works efficiently to mix the two configurations by equal amount and develop the halo structure in 11Li.