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Physics based emulators offer a fast and reliable replacement for an exact solution of the scattering problem in nuclear physics. Previous work developed a reduced-basis emulator for single-channel elastic scattering using an optical…
The effect of continuum couplings in the fusion of the halo nucleus $^{11}$Be on $^{208}$Pb around the Coulomb barrier is studied using a three-body model within a coupled discretised continuum channels (CDCC) formalism. We investigate in…
Microscopic calculations of four-body collisions become very challenging in the energy regime above the threshold for four free particles. The neutron-${}^3$He scattering is an example of such process with elastic, rearrangement, and…
The cross sections are calculated for the both elastic and inelastic scattering of 6He from 12C and 4He. A phenomenological optical potential is used to describe the elastic scattering. 4He is taken as spherical and inelastic couplings to…
We examine the relationship between the Asymptotic Normalization Coefficient (ANC) of $^6$Li and other low-energy observables in the $\alpha$-deuteron system. Our analysis uses a set of calculations carried out within the {\it ab initio} No…
The $\alpha$ inelastic scattering on $^{16}$O is investigated with the coupled-channel calculation using the $\alpha$-nucleus coupled-channel potentials, which are microscopically derived by folding the the Melbourne $g$-matrix $NN$…
We study dark matter scattering off ${}^4$He and other light nuclei using chiral effective field theory. We consider scalar DM interactions and include both one- and two-nucleon scattering processes. The DM interactions and nuclear wave…
We describe bound states, resonances and elastic scattering of light ions using a $\delta$-shell potential. Focusing on low-energy data such as energies of bound states and resonances, charge radii, asymptotic normalization coefficients,…
The multi-channel Coulomb scattering problem in the adiabatic representation is considered. The non-adiabatic coupling matrix is assumed to have a non-zero asymptotic behavior at large internuclear separations. The asymptotic solutions at…
The recent works by the present authors and their collaborator predicted that the real part of heavy-ion optical potentials changes its character from attraction to repulsion around the incident energy per nucleon $E =$ 200 -- 300 MeV/u on…
The neutron halo structure of $^{6}$He and of $^{8}$He is studied in a microscopic three-body and five-body model, respectively. Various cluster arrangements are included to embody a variety of correlations between the clusters. The…
We study the elastic scattering of polarized protons from He isotopes. The central and spin-orbit parts of the optical potential are derived using the Glauber theory that can naturally take account of the breakup effect of the He isotopes.…
We carry out realistic coupled-channels calculations for $^{11}$Be + $^{208}$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,…
We investigate the nuclear and the Coulomb contributions to the breakup cross sections of $^6$Li in collisions with targets in different mass ranges. Comparing cross sections for different targets at collision energies corresponding to the…
The study of exotic nuclear structures, such as halo nuclei, is usually performed through nuclear reactions. An accurate reaction model coupled to a realistic description of the projectile is needed to correctly interpret experimental data.…
The elastic scattering cross sections for the reactions $^{110,116}$Cd($\alpha,\alpha$)$^{110,116}$Cd at energies above and below the Coulomb barrier are presented to provide a sensitive test for the alpha-nucleus optical potential…
The elastic and inelastic scattering of $^7$Be from $^{12}$C have been measured at an incident energy of 35 MeV. The inelastic scattering leading to the 4.439 MeV excited state of $^{12}$C has been measured for the first time. The…
Elastic and inelastic cross sections of the $p+{}^6\textrm{He}$, $p+{}^8\textrm{He}$, and $\alpha+{}^8\textrm{He}$ reactions were investigated using the Melbourne $g$-matrix folding approach with the theoretical densities of…
We present an estimate of the nuclear electric polarizability of the 6He halo nucleus based on six-body microscopic calculations. Wave functions are obtained from semi-realistic two-body interactions using the hyperspherical harmonics…