Charge radii of exotic neon and magnesium isotopes

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We compute the charge radii of even-mass neon and magnesium isotopes from neutron number N = 8 to the dripline.

• Our calculations are based on nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon potentials from chiral effective field theory that include delta isobars.
• These potentials yield an accurate saturation point and symmetry energy of nuclear matter.
• We use the coupled-cluster method and start from an axially symmetric reference state.