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Breakup effects in the $^{16}{\rm C}+p$ and $^{16}{\rm C}+d$ reactions

Nuclear Theory 2022-02-16 v1

Abstract

We analyze the 16C+p^{16}{\rm C}+p and 16C+d^{16}{\rm C}+d reactions within the four- and five-body Continuum Discretized Coupled Channel (CDCC) method. The 16^{16}C nucleus is described by a 14C+n+n^{14}{\rm C}+n+n configuration in hyperspherical coordinates. This description reproduces fairly well several 16^{16}C low-lying states. First we analyze the 2+0+2^+\rightarrow 0^+ E2E2 transition amplitude, which confirms that an effective charge must be introduced to reproduce the experimental value. Then, proton and deuteron elastic and inelastic scattering are investigated by including 16^{16}C pseudostates, which simulate the 14C+n+n^{14}{\rm C}+n+n continuum. In 16C+d^{16}{\rm C}+d, the deuteron breakup is taken into account with p+np+n two-body pseudostates. A fair agreement with experiment is obtained without any fitting parameter. Breakup effects are in general small, but improve the agreement with experiment.

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@article{arxiv.2201.11012,
  title  = {Breakup effects in the $^{16}{\rm C}+p$ and $^{16}{\rm C}+d$ reactions},
  author = {Shubhchintak and P. Descouvemont},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11012},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Accepted for publication in Physical Review C