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Role of break-up processes in fusion enhancement of drip-line nuclei at energies below the Coulomb barrier
We carry out realistic coupled-channels calculations for
Be + Pb reaction in order to discuss the effects of break-up
of the projectile nucleus on sub-barrier fusion.
We discretize in energy the particle continuum states, which are associated
with the break-up process, and construct the coupling form factors to these
states on a microscopic basis.
The incoming boundary condition is employed in solving coupled-channels
equations, which enables us to define the flux for complete fusion inside the
Coulomb barrier. It is shown that complete fusion cross sections are
significantly enhanced due to the couplings to the continuum states compared
with the no coupling case at energies below the Coulomb barrier, while they are
hindered at above barrier energies.Comment: RevTex, 3 pages, 5 figure
Forecast of solar ejecta arrival at 1 AU from radial speed
Las eyecciones transitorias de masa solar (EMS) pueden producir cambios en el campo geomagnético. Cuando la polaridad magnética de la EMS es adecuada, puede disparar intensas tormentas geomagnéticas. La predicción de la llegada de EMS desde el Sol al geoespacio tiene una importancia crucial para poder predecir el clima espacial. En este trabajo implementamos un modelo simple, desarrollado por Gopalswamy et al., 2000 para estimar el tiempo de llegada de EMS a una Unidad Astronómica. Este modelo requiere sólo un parámetro de entrada: la velocidad radial de la EMS en el momento de su expulsión desde el Sol. Cuando
la velocidad de la EMS es medida desde una posición dentro de la línea Sol-Tierra, sólo la componente de la velocidad en el plano del cielo puede ser obtenida. Debido a que la predicción del modelo depende de la velocidad inicial de la EMS observada remotamente, es muy importante obtener esta velocidad lo más exactamente posible. Una de las mayores incertezas cuando se mide la velocidad inicial de la EMS es el efecto de proyección. El objetivo de este trabajo es corregir efectos de proyección a partir de la localización en la superficie solar de la erupción y del tamaño de apertura de la EMS. Encontramos que la corrección
desarrollada acuerda con un modelo obtenido en observaciones estereoscópicas en el pasado.Solar ejecta produce changes in the interplanetary magnetic field of the terrestrial environment. When the magnetic polarity of the ejecta is suitable, it may trigger intense geomagnetic storms. Therefore, prediction of the arrival of solar ejecta in the geospace is of crucial importance for space weather applications. We implement a simple model, developed by Gopalswamy et al., (2000) to estimate the time of arrival for solar ejecta at 1AU. This model requires just one input parameter: the radial speed of the associated coronal mass ejection (CME) at the moment of its expulsion from the Sun. When the speed of the CME is measured from a location on the Sun-Earth line, only the plane of the sky speed can be obtained. Since the prediction model depends on the initial speed of the CMEs observed remotely, it is important to obtain this speed as accurately as possible. One of the major uncertainties in the measured initial speed is the extent of projection effects. We attempt to correct for projection effects using the solar surface location of the eruption and assuming a width to the CME. We found that the correction is in agreement with a model obtained from stereoscopic observations from the past.Fil: Dasso, Sergio Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Gopalswamy, N.. National Aeronautics And Space Administration. Goddart Institute For Space Studies; Estados UnidosFil: Lara, A.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Méxic
Fusion barrier distributions in systems with finite excitation energy
Eigen-channel approach to heavy-ion fusion reactions is exact only when the
excitation energy of the intrinsic motion is zero. In order to take into
account effects of finite excitation energy, we introduce an energy dependence
to weight factors in the eigen-channel approximation. Using two channel
problem, we show that the weight factors are slowly changing functions of
incident energy. This suggests that the concept of the fusion barrier
distribution still holds to a good approximation even when the excitation
energy of the intrinsic motion is finite. A transition to the adiabatic
tunneling, where the coupling leads to a static potential renormalization, is
also discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, Submitted to Physical Review
Spinodal Instabilities in Nuclear Matter in a Stochastic Relativistic Mean-Field Approach
Spinodal instabilities and early growth of baryon density fluctuations in
symmetric nuclear matter are investigated in the basis of stochastic extension
of relativistic mean-field approach in the semi-classical approximation.
Calculations are compared with the results of non-relativistic calculations
based on Skyrme-type effective interactions under similar conditions. A
qualitative difference appears in the unstable response of the system: the
system exhibits most unstable behavior at higher baryon densities around
in the relativistic approach while most unstable
behavior occurs at lower baryon densities around in
the non-relativistic calculationsComment: 18 pages, 7 figure
Evidence of Double Phonon Excitations in ^{16}O + ^{208}Pb Reaction
The fusion cross-sections for ^{16}O + ^{208}Pb, measured to high precision,
enable the extraction of the distribution of fusion barriers. This shows a
structure markedly different from the single-barrier which might be expected
for fusion of two doubly-closed shell nuclei. The results of exact coupled
channel calculations performed to understand the observations are presented.
These calculations indicate that coupling to a double octupole phonon excited
state in ^{208}Pb is necessary to explain the experimental barrier
distributions.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, To be published in the Proceedings of the FUSION
97 Conference, South Durras, Australia, March 1997 (J. Phys. G
Radiation correction to astrophysical fusion reactions and the electron screening problem
We discuss the effect of electromagnetic environment on laboratory
measurements of the nuclear fusion reactions of astrophysical interest. The
radiation field is eliminated using the path integral formalism in order to
obtain the influence functional, which we evaluate in the semi-classical
approximation. We show that enhancement of the tunneling probability due to the
radiation correction is extremely small and does not resolve the longstanding
problem that the observed electron screening effect is significantly larger
than theoretical predictions.Comment: 9 pages, 1 eps figure
Effects of finite width of excited states on heavy-ion sub-barrier fusion reactions
We discuss the effects of coupling of the relative motion to nuclear
collective excitations which have a finite lifetime on heavy-ion fusion
reactions at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier. Both spreading and
escape widths are explicitly taken into account in the exit doorway model. The
coupled-channels equations are numerically solved to show that the finite
resonance width always hinders fusion cross sections at subbarrier energies
irrespective of the relative importance between the spreading and the escape
widths. We also show that the structure of fusion barrier distribution is
smeared due to the spreading of the strength of the doorway state.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, Submitted to Physical Review
Effect of continuum couplings in fusion of halo Be on Pb around the Coulomb barrier
The effect of continuum couplings in the fusion of the halo nucleus Be
on Pb around the Coulomb barrier is studied using a three-body model
within a coupled discretised continuum channels (CDCC) formalism. We
investigate in particular the role of continuum-continuum couplings. These are
found to hinder total, complete and incomplete fusion processes. Couplings to
the projectile bound excited state redistribute the complete and
incomplete fusion cross sections, but the total fusion cross section remains
nearly constant. Results show that continuum-continuum couplings enhance the
irreversibility of breakup and reduce the flux that penetrates the Coulomb
barrier. Converged total fusion cross sections agree with the experimental ones
for energies around the Coulomb barrier, but underestimate those for energies
well above the Coulomb barrier.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev.
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