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One- and Two-Neutron Halos in Effective Field Theory

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I discuss recent work our group has undertaken on effective-field-theory analyses of experimental data pertaining to one- and two-neutron halo nuclei.

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Research supported by the US Department of Energy under grant DE-FG02-93ER-40756.

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Phillips, D.R. One- and Two-Neutron Halos in Effective Field Theory. Few-Body Syst 55, 931–934 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-013-0769-z

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