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Elastic scattering of alpha-particle and some tightly-bound light nuclei has shown the pattern of rainbow scattering at medium energies, which is due to the refraction of the incident wave by a strongly attractive nucleus-nucleus potential.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Dao T. Khoa , W. von Oertzen , H. G. Bohlen , S. Ohkubo

The problem of determining the effects of the surrounding plasma on nuclear reaction rates in stars is formulated ab initio, using the techniques of quantum statistical mechanics. We derive a result that expresses the complete effects of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Lowell S. Brown , R. F. Sawyer

\begin{description} \item[Background] Fusion reactions play an important role in nucleosynthesis and in applications to society. Yet they remain challenging to model. \item[Purpose] In this work, we investigate the features of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-16 J. Rangel , B. Pinheiro , V. A. B. Zagatto , J. Lubian , F. M. Nunes , L. F. Canto

Our understanding of halo nuclei has so far relied on high-energy scattering and reactions, but a number of uncertainties remain. I discuss in general terms the new range of observables which will be measured by experiments around the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 I. J. Thompson

Based on precise Coulomb wave functions (CWFs), we attempt to calculate the fusion cross sections of light nuclei in a complex spherical square-well nuclear potential (i.e., optical potential model). Comparing with experimental benchmark…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-11-10 Binbing Wu , Hao Duan , Jie Liu

Background: Optical potentials are crucial ingredients for the prediction of nuclear reaction rates needed in simulations of the astrophysical \gamma-process. Associated uncertainties are particularly large for reactions involving…

We investigate the triple-alpha reaction at low energies, by assuming a direct process. The Coulomb potential of three $\alpha$ particles is examined carefully. The three-body continuum wave functions are generated by calculating an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-08-20 Y. Suzuki , P. Descouvemont

We have calculated astrophysical reaction cross-sections for $(\gamma,\alpha)$ reactions of some nuclei important for the calculation of $p$-process reaction-decay network. Reaction rates for $\alpha$-induced reactions are calculated with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-08-05 Chirashree Lahiri

In order to investigate the contribution of $\alpha$ production in the reaction cross sections, measurements of elastic scattering and inclusive $\alpha$ particle angular distributions have been carried out with the $^9$Be projectile on…

We perform a systematic study on the surface property of nucleus-nucleus potential in heavy-ion reactions using large-angle quasielastic scattering at energies well below the Coulomb barrier. At these energies, the quasielastic scattering…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Washiyama , K. Hagino , M. Dasgupta

Optical-model potentials (OMPs) are critical ingredients for basic and applied nuclear physics. Present-day computational capabilities allow us to generate data-driven nucleon-nucleus OMPs that are non-local and exactly dispersive (as…

An important ingredient for applications of nuclear physics to e.g. astrophysics or nuclear energy are the cross sections for reactions of neutrons with rare isotopes. Since direct measurements are often not possible, indirect methods like…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-10-07 Ch. Elster , L. Hlophe , V. Eremenko , F. M. Nunes , G. Arbanas , J. E. Escher , I. J. Thompson

The elastic scattering cross section of$^{92}$Mo($\alpha$,$\alpha$)$^{92}$Mo has been measured at energies of $E_{\rm{c.m.}} \approx$ 13, 16, and 19 MeV in a wide angular range. The real and imaginary parts of the optical potential for the…

We perform calculations for \omega production in nuclei by means of the (\gamma,p) reaction for photon energies and proton angles suited to running and future experiments in present Laboratories. For some cases of possible \omega optical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Kaskulov , H. Nagahiro , S. Hirenzaki , E. Oset

The reliability of a previous $\alpha$-particle optical-model potential (OMP) on nuclei with mass number 45$\leq$$A$$\leq$209 was proved for emitted $\alpha$ particles as well, for proton--induced reactions on Zn isotopes [Phys. Rev. C {\bf…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-23 Marilena Avrigeanu , Vlad Avrigeanu

Coulomb barrier height is a basic parameter to describing the nuclear reactions. Recently it is found that ions produce from nuclear reactions can be used to study electron loss and capture processes. Hence determining the Coulomb barrier…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-10-21 Deepak Kumar Swami , Prashant Sharma , Tapan Nandi

The location of the (gamma,p)/(gamma,n) and (gamma,alpha)/(gamma,n) line at gamma-process temperatures is discussed, using updated reaction rates based on global Hauser-Feshbach calculations. The results can directly be compared to classic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Rauscher

The set of parameters for alpha-nucleus potential is derived by using the data for both the alpha-decay half-lives and the fusion cross-sections around the barrier for reactions alpha+40Ca, alpha+59Co, alpha+208Pb. The alpha-decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Yu. Denisov , H. Ikezoe

The reaction 141Pr(alpha,n)144Pm was investigated between E_alpha=11 MeV and 15 MeV with the activation method using the gamma-gamma coincidence method with a segmented clover-type high-purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. Measurements with…

For the determination of the $^{144}Sm-\alpha$ optical potential we measured the angular distribution of $^{144}Sm(\alpha,\alpha)^{144}Sm$ scattering at the energy $E_{lab} = 20 MeV$ with high accuracy. Using the known systematics of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Mohr , T. Rauscher , H. Oberhummer , Z. Máté , Zs. Fülöp , E. Somorjai , M. Jaeger , G. Staudt