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By using the updated improved Quantum Molecular Dynamics model in which a surface-symmetry potential term has been introduced for the first time, the excitation functions for fusion reactions of $^{40,48}$Ca+$^{90,96}$Zr at energies around…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 Ning Wang , Xizhen Wu , Zhuxia Li

Excitations of colliding nuclei during a nuclear reaction considerably affect fusion cross sections at energies around the Coulomb barrier. It has been demonstrated that such channel coupling effects can be represented in terms of a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 K. Hagino

In order to describe heavy-ion fusion reactions around the Coulomb barrier with an actinide target nucleus, we propose a model which combines the coupled-channels approach and a fluctuation-dissipation model for dynamical calculations. This…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Y. Aritomo , K. Hagino , K. Nishio , S. Chiba

The nuclear fusion is a reaction to form a compound nucleus. It plays an important role in several circumstances in nuclear physics as well as in nuclear astrophysics, such as synthesis of superheavy elements and nucleosynthesis in stars.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 K. Hagino , N. Rowley , J. M. Yao

The understanding of the fusion probability is of particular importance to reveal the mechanism of producing superheavy elements. We present a microscopic study of the compound nucleus formation by combining time-dependent density…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-07-27 Xiang-Xiang Sun , Lu Guo

The complete and incomplete fusion cross sections for $^{7}$Li+$^{124}$Sn reaction were measured using online and offline characteristic $\gamma$-ray detection techniques. The complete fusion (CF) cross sections at energies above the…

We invert experimental data for heavy-ion fusion reactions at energies well below the Coulomb barrier in order to directly determine the internucleus potential between the colliding nuclei. In contrast to the previous applications of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Hagino , Y. Watanabe

Collisions between $^{248}$Cm and $^{48}$Ca are systematically investigated by time-dependent density functional calculations with evaporation prescription. Depending on the incident energy and impact parameter, fusion, deep-inelastic and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-27 Yoritaka Iwata , Sophia Heinz

A recent publication reports that heavy-ion fusion cross sections at extreme subbarrier energies show a continuous change of their logarithmic slope with decreasing energy, resulting in a much steeper excitation function compared with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Hagino , N. Rowley , M. Dasgupta

We discuss the role of break-up process of a loosely-bound projectile in subbarrier fusion reactions. Coupled-channels calculations are carried out for $^{11}$Be + $^{208}$Pb and $^{4,6}$He + $^{238}$U reactions by discretizing in energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 K. Hagino , A. Vitturi

The effect of breakup is investigated for the medium weight $^{6}$Li+$^{59}$Co system in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier. The strong coupling of breakup/transfer channels to fusion is discussed within a comparison of predictions of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Beck , A. Sanchez i Zafra , A. Diaz-Torres , I. J. Thompson , N. Keeley , F. A. Souza

The shell correction is proposed in the improved isospin dependent quantum molecular dynamics (ImIQMD) model, which plays an important role in heavy-ion fusion reactions near Coulomb barrier. By using the ImIQMD model, the static and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhao-Qing Feng , Gen-Ming Jin , Feng-Shou Zhang

Measurement of fusion cross sections for the 6,7Li + 24Mg reactions by the characteristic gamma-ray method has been done at energies from below to well above the respective Coulomb barriers. The fusion cross sections obtained from these…

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…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Diaz-Torres , I. J. Thompson

Purpose: We aim to investigate the role of a few neutron transfer channels on the dynamics of fusion reactions around the Coulomb barrier by judicially selecting 11 different $^{28,30}$Si-induced systems. These reactions are chosen in such…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-06 Rinku Prajapat

Fusion reactions below the Coulomb barrier provide new insights into multidimensional quantum tunneling, nuclear reaction dynamics and nuclear structure. These reactions are also of considerable interest to nuclear astrophysics. In this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. B. Balantekin

Measurement of the fusion cross-section for neutron-rich light nuclei is crucial in ascertaining if fusion of these nuclei occurs in the outer crust of a neutron star. The fusion excitation function at near-barrier energies for the $^{19}$O…

Systematic calculations of the Coulomb barrier parameters for collisions of spherical nuclei are performed within the framework of the double folding approach. The value of the parameter $B_Z=Z_PZ_T/(A^{1/3}_P+(A^{1/3}_P)$ (which estimates…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Igor Gontchar , Maria Chushnyakova

The role of the entrance channel in the fusion-fission reactions leading to nearly the same superheavy compound nucleus is studied in the framework of dynamic model. The calculations are done for $^{48}$Ca + $^{244}$Pu and $^{74,76}$Ge +…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 R. V. Jolos , A. I. Muminov , A. K. Nasirov

The incomplete fusion dynamics of $^6$Li + $^{209}$Bi collisions at energies above the Coulomb barrier is investigated. The classical dynamical model implemented in the {\sc platypus} code is used to understand and quantify the impact of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-02-21 Alexis Diaz-Torres , Daanish Quraishi