Extracting dynamics in the fusion of neutron-rich light nuclei

2020/07/20 by R. T. deSouza, Varinderjit Singh, deSouza, R. T. +7
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2007.11406

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Abstract

The dependence of fusion dynamics on neutron excess for light nuclei is extracted. This is accomplished by comparing the average fusion cross-section at energies just above the fusion barrier for ^12-15C + ¹²C with measurements of the interaction cross-section from high evergy collisions. The experimental results indicate that the fusion cross-section associated with dynamics increases with increasing neutron excess. Calculations with a time-dependent Hartree-Fock model fail to describe the observed trend.

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