Analysis of the C-12+Mg-24 reaction using a new coupling potential

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Boztosun I., Rae W.

PHYSICAL REVIEW C, vol.64, no.5, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 64 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevc.64.054607
  • Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW C
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We introduce a new coupling potential to explain the experimental data for the C-12+(24)Ma system at numerous energies in a laboratory system from 16.0 MeV to 24.0 MeV. This,new coupled-channels based approach involves replacing the usual first derivative coupling potential by a new, second-derivative coupling potential. This paper first shows and discusses the limitation of the standard coupled-channels theory in the case where one of the nuclei in the reaction is strongly deformed. Then, this new approach is shown to improve consistently the agreement with the experimental data and has made major improvement on all the previous coupled-channels calculations for this system.