Testing the validity of the surface approximation for reactions induced by weakly bound nuclei with a fully quantum-mechanical model
Abstract
We examine the validity of surface approximation for breakup reactions using a fully quantum-mechanical model proposed by Ichimura, Austern, and Vincent (IAV). Analogous to the semi-classical picture, we introduce radial cut-offs to scattering waves in the IAV framework, which we refer to as IAV-cut. Systematic calculations are conducted for nonelastic breakup reactions induced by Li and deuterons at various incident energies. A comparison between the results obtained from IAV and IAV-cut is performed. The excellent agreement observed between IAV and IAV-cut in Li induced reactions, regardless of incident energy and target nuclei, signifies their insensitivity to the inner part of the scattering wave function, thus providing validation for the semi-classical picture. However, for deuteron induced breakup reactions, the IAV-cut results exhibit a suppression in the cross section, suggesting a strong dependence on the interior wave functions. This suppression is further enhanced as the incident energy increases.
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@article{arxiv.2307.16154,
title = {Testing the validity of the surface approximation for reactions induced by weakly bound nuclei with a fully quantum-mechanical model},
author = {Junzhe Liu and Jin Lei and Zhongzhou Ren},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.16154},
year = {2023}
}