128 research outputs found
Cluster Expansion of Cold Alpha Matter Energy
In the cluster expansion framework of Bose liquids we calculate analytical
expressions of the two-body, three-body and four-body diagrams contributing to
the g.s. energy of an infinite system of neutral alpha-particles at
zero-temperature, interacting via the strong nuclear forces exclusively. This
is analytically tractable by assuming a density dependent two-body correlation
function of Gaussian type. For the alpha-alpha potential we adopt the
phenomenological Ali-Bodmer interaction and semi-microscopic potentials
obtained from the Gogny force parametrizations. We show that under such
assumptions we achieve a rapid convergence in the cluster expansion, the
four-body contributions to the energy being smaller than the two-body and
three-body contributions by at least an order of magnitude.Comment: 22 pages, 13 figure
Imaginary part of the C 9 â Be 9 single-folded optical potential
In a recent publication we have argued that using two very successful n\text{\ensuremath{-}}^{9}\mathrm{Be} optical potentials [A. Bonaccorso and R. J. Charity, Phys. Rev. C 89, 024619 (2014)] and microscopic projectile densities, it is possible to build a single-folded (light-) nucleus- imaginary optical potential which is more accurate than a double-folded optical potential. By comparing to experimental reaction cross sections, we showed for , and projectiles, that a very good agreement between theory and data could be obtained with such a ``bare'' potential, at all but the lowest energies where a small semimicroscopic surface term was added to the single-folded potential to take into account projectile breakup. In this paper we extend this study to the case of projectiles and assess the sensitivity to the projectile density used. We then obtained the modulus of the nucleus-nucleus matrix and parametrize it in terms of a strong-absorption radius and finally extracted the phenomenological energy dependence of this radius. This approach could be the basis for a systematic study of optical potentials for light exotic nuclei scattering on light targets and/or parametrizations of the matrix. Furthermore our study will serve to make a quantitative assessment of the description of the core-target part of knockout reactions, in particular their localization in terms of impact parameters
Extended sudden approximation model for high-energy nucleon removal reactions
A model based on the sudden approximation has been developed to describe high
energy single nucleon removal reactions. Within this approach, which takes as
its starting point the formalism of Hansen \cite{Anne2}, the nucleon-removal
cross section and the full 3-dimensional momentum distributions of the core
fragments including absorption, diffraction, Coulomb and nuclear-Coulomb
interference amplitudes, have been calculated. The Coulomb breakup has been
treated to all orders for the dipole interaction. The model has been compared
to experimental data for a range of light, neutron-rich psd-shell nuclei. Good
agreement was found for both the inclusive cross sections and momentum
distributions. In the case of C, comparison is also made with the
results of calculations using the transfer-to-the-continuum model. The
calculated 3-dimensional momentum distributions exhibit longitudinal and
transverse momentum components that are strongly coupled by the reaction for
s-wave states, whilst no such effect is apparent for d-waves. Incomplete
detection of transverse momenta arising fromlimited experimental acceptances
thus leads to a narrowing of the longitudinal distributions for nuclei with
significant s-wave valence neutron configurations, as confirmed by the data.
Asymmetries in the longitudinal momentum distributions attributed to
diffractive dissociation are also explored.Comment: 16 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Scattering of Be and B and the astrophysical S factor
Measurements of scattering of Be at 87 MeV on a melamine (CNH) target and of B at 95 MeV on C were performed. For Be
the angular range was extended over previous measurements and monitoring of the
intensity of the radioactive beam was improved. The measurements allowed us to
check and improve the optical model potentials used in the incoming and
outgoing channels for the analysis of existing data on the proton transfer
reaction N(Be,B)C. The resultslead to an updated
determination of the asymptotic normalization coefficient for the virtual decay
B Be + . We find a slightly larger value,
fm, for the melamine target. This
implies an astrophysical factor, eVb, for the
solar neutrino generating reaction Be(,)B.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Asymptotic normalization coefficient of ^{8}B from breakup reactions and the S_{17} astrophysical factor
We show that asymptotic normalization coefficients (ANC) can be extracted
from one nucleon breakup reactions of loosely bound nuclei at 30-300 MeV/u. In
particular, the breakup of ^{8}B is described in terms of an extended Glauber
model. The 8B ANC extracted for the ground state of this nucleus from breakup
data at several energies and on different targets, C^2 = 0.450+/-0.039} fm^-1,
leads to the astrophysical factor S_{17}(0)= 17.4+/-1.5 eVb for the key
reaction for solar neutrino production 7Be(p,gamma)8B. The procedure described
here is more general, providing an indirect method to determine reaction rates
of astrophysical interest with beams of loosely bound radioactive nuclei.Comment: 4 pages, RevTex, 3 figures revised version to appear in Phys Rev Let
Peripheral elastic and inelastic scattering of O 17 , 18 on light targets at 12 MeV/nucleon
A study of interaction of neutron rich oxygen isotopes O with light
targets has been undertaken in order to determine the optical potentials needed
for the transfer reaction C(O,O)C. Optical
potentials in both incoming and outgoing channels have been determined in a
single experiment. This transfer reaction was used to infer the direct capture
rate to the F(p,)Ne which is essential to estimate the
production of F at stellar energies in ONe novae. The success of the
asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) as indirect method for astrophysics
is guaranteed if the reaction mechanism is peripheral and the DWBA cross
section calculations are warranted and stable against OMP used. We demonstrate
the stability of the ANC method and OMP results using good quality elastic and
inelastic scattering data with stable beams before extending the procedures to
rare ion beams. The peripherality of our reaction is inferred from a
semiclassical decomposition of the total scattering amplitude into barrier and
internal barrier components.
Comparison between elastic scattering of O, O and O
projectiles is made.Comment: 14 pages, 19 figure
Reaction and proton-removal cross sections of Li, Be, B, C, ^{12N, O and Ne on Si at 15 to 53 MeV/nucleon
Excitation functions for total reaction cross sections, , were
measured for the light, mainly proton-rich nuclei Li, Be, B,
C, N, O, and Ne incident on a Si telescope
at energies between 15 and 53 MeV/nucleon. The telescope served as target,
energy degrader and detector. Proton-removal cross sections, for
Ne and for most of the other projectiles, were also measured.
The strong absorption model reproduces the -dependence of , but
not the detailed structure. Glauber multiple scattering theory and the JLM
folding model provided improved descriptions of the measured values.
radii, extracted from the measured using the optical limit of
Glauber theory, are in good agreement with those obtained from high energy
data. One-proton removal reactions are described using an extended Glauber
model, incorporating second order noneikonal corrections, realistic single
particle densities, and spectroscopic factors from shell model calculations.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure
Breakup of B-8 and the S-17 astrophysical factor reexamined
Journals published by the American Physical Society can be found at http://publish.aps.org/Existing experimental data for the breakup of B-8 at energies from 30 to 1000 MeV/nucleon on light through heavy targets are analyzed in detail in terms of an extended Glauber model. The predictions of the model are in excellent agreement with independent reaction data (reaction cross sections and parallel momentum distributions for corelike fragments). Final-state interactions have been included in the Coulomb dissociation component. We extract asymptotic normalization coefficients (ANC) from which the astrophysical factor S-17(0) for the key reaction for solar neutrino production, Be-7(p,gamma)B-8, can be evaluated. Glauber model calculations using different effective interactions give consistent, though slightly different results. The differences give a measure of the precision one can expect from the method. The unweighted average of all ANCs extracted leads to S-17(0)=18.7+/-1.9 eV b. The results of this new analysis are compared with the earlier one. They are consistent with the values from most direct measurements and other indirect methods
Single-Proton Removal Reaction Study of 16B
The low-lying level structure of the unbound system B has been
investigated via single-proton removal from a 35 MeV/nucleon C beam. The
coincident detection of the beam velocity B fragment and neutron allowed
the relative energy of the in-flight decay of B to be reconstructed. The
resulting spectrum exhibited a narrow peak some 85 keV above threshold. It is
argued that this feature corresponds to a very narrow (100 keV)
resonance, or an unresolved multiplet, with a dominant + configuration which decays by d-wave neutron
emission.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Lett.
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