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Comparing the capture cross sections calculated without the breakup effect and experimental complete fusion cross sections, the breakup was analyzed in reactions with weakly bound projectiles $^{6,7,9}$Li, $^{9,11}$Be, and $^{6,8}$He. A…

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Fusion reactions of neutron-halo nuclei are investigated theoretically with a three-body model. The time-dependent wave-packet method is used to solve the three-body Schrodinger equation. The halo neutron behaves as a spectator during the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 Makoto Ito , Kazuhiro Yabana , Takashi Nakatsukasa , Manabu Ueda

Although uncertainty quantification has been making its way into nuclear theory, these methods have yet to be explored in the context of reaction theory. For example, it is well known that different parameterizations of the optical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-03-01 A. E. Lovell , F. M. Nunes , J. Sarich , S. M. Wild

The angular distributions for elastic scattering and breakup of halo nuclei are analysed using a near-side/far-side decomposition within the framework of the dynamical eikonal approximation. This analysis is performed for 11Be impinging on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 M. S. Hussein , P. Capel , D. Baye

We apply the Lagrange-mesh method to discretize continuum states of weakly bound nuclei for continuum-discretized coupled-channel (CDCC) calculations of three-body breakup reactions. This discretization method is compared with the bin…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-10 Wendi Chen , Hairui Guo , Weili Sun , Tao Ye , Yangjun Ying , Yinlu Han

This is a review on recent developments of the continuum discretized coupled-channels method (CDCC) and its applications to nuclear physics, cosmology and astrophysics, and nuclear engineering. The theoretical foundation of CDCC is shown,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-09-19 Masanobu Yahiro , Kazuyuki Ogata , Takuma Matsumoto , Kosho Minomo

Systematic measurement of $t$ and $^3$He knockout processes is planned. The weakly-bound nature of these nuclei may affect the interpretation of forthcoming knockout reaction data. Purpose: We aim at clarifying breakup properties of $t$ and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-07 Shoya Ogawa , Shin Watanabe , Takuma Matsumoto , Kazuyuki Ogata

The uncertainty quantifications of theoretical results are of great importance to make meaningful comparisons of those results with experimental data and to make predictions in experimentally unknown regions. By quantifying uncertainties,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-12-10 Sota Yoshida , Noritaka Shimizu , Tomoaki Togashi , Takaharu Otsuka

The continuum discretized coupled channels (CDCC) method is compared to the exact solution of the three-body Faddeev equations in momentum space. We present results for: i) elastic and breakup observables of d-12C at E_d=56 MeV, ii) elastic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Deltuva , A. M. Moro , E. Cravo , F. M. Nunes , A. C. Fonseca

A novel approach is developed to find the three-body breakup amplitudes and cross sections within the modified Faddeev equation framework. The method is based on the lattice-like discretization of the three-body continuum with a three-body…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-20 O. A. Rubtsova , V. N. Pomerantsev , V. I. Kukulin , Amand Faessler

The Continuum Shell Model is an old but recently revived method that traverses the boundary between nuclear many-body structure and nuclear reactions. The method is based on the non-Hermitian energy-dependent effective Hamiltonian. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander Volya , Vladimir Zelevinsky

Theoretical predictions need quantified uncertainties for a meaningful comparison to experimental results. This is an idea which presently permeates the field of theoretical nuclear physics. In light of the recent progress in estimating…

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These notes summarise the lectures I gave during the summer school "International Scientific Meeting on Nuclear Physics" at La R\'abida in Spain in June 2018. They offer an introduction to nuclear-reaction theory, starting with the basics…

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We study nuclear reaction cross-sections for stable and unstable projectiles and targets within Glauber model, using densities obtained from various relativistic mean field formalisms. The calculated cross-sections are compared with the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Shukla , B. K. Sharma , R. Chandra , P. Arumugam , S. K. Patra

Recently a new observable to study halo nuclei was introduced, based on the ratio between breakup and elastic angular cross sections. This new observable is shown by the analysis of specific reactions to be independent of the reaction…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 P. Capel , R. C. Johnson , F. M. Nunes

We consider the dynamics of diffusing particles in one space dimension with annihilation on collision and nucleation (creation of particles) with constant probability per unit time and length. The cases of nucleation of single particles and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Habib , K. Lindenberg , G. Lythe , C. Molina-Paris

We introduce a new multi-objective optimization approach to determine uncertainty-quantified nuclear reaction parameters in the Hauser-Feshbach framework. By simultaneously accounting for all available data across multiple reaction channels…

An interesting physical process has been unveiled: dynamical core excitation during a breakup reaction of loosely bound $core+N$ systems. These reactions are typically used to extract spectroscopic information and/or astrophysical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 N. C. Summers , F. M. Nunes , I. J. Thompson

Accurate prediction of dynamical response of structural system depends on the correct modeling of that system. However, modeling becomes increasingly challenging when there are many candidate models available to describe the system…

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