We calculate single-neutron spectroscopic overlaps for lithium isotopes in the framework of the ab initio symmetry-adapted no-core shell model. We report the associated neutron-nucleus asymptotic normalization coefficients (ANCs) and spectroscopic factors (SFs) that are important ingredients in many reaction cross-section calculations. While spectroscopic factors have been traditionally extracted from experimental cross sections, their sensitivity on the type of reactions, the energy, and the underlying models point to the need for determining SFs from first-principle structure considerations. As illustrative examples, we present ${}^6\mathrm{Li}+n, {}^7\mathrm{Li}+n$, and ${}^8\mathrm{Li}+n$, and we show that the results are in a good agreement with those of other ab initio methods, where available, including the quantum Monte Carlo approach. We compare ANCs and SFs to available experimentally deduced values, with a view toward expanding this study to heavier nuclei and to extracting intercluster effective interactions for input into analyses of existing and future experimental data.

• Received 23 October 2022
• Revised 15 September 2023
• Accepted 24 October 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.108.054303