Shell-model calculations for neutron-rich carbon isotopes with a chiral nucleon-nucleon potential

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We have studied neutron-rich carbon isotopes in terms of the shell model employing a realistic effective hamiltonian derived from the chiral N3LOW nucleon-nucleon potential.

• The single-particle energies and effective two-body interaction have been both determined within the framework of the time-dependent degenerate linked-diagram perturbation theory.
• The calculated results are in very good agreement with the available experimental data, providing a sound description of this isotopic chain toward the neutron dripline.
• The correct location of the dripline is reproduced.