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The alpha-nucleus potential for fusion and decay

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Title The alpha-nucleus potential for fusion and decay
 
Creator BHAGWAT, A
GAMBHIR, YK
 
Subject mean-field-theory
folding model
half-lives
superheavy nuclei
finite nuclei
heavy
scattering
energies
elements
density
 
Description The alpha-nucleus fusion cross sections at energies around and below the barrier and the alpha-decay half lives are calculated in the semi-classical WKB approach using the same microscopic as well as empirical alpha-nucleus potentials. The microscopic potential is generated within the double-folding framework using M3Y nucleon-nucleon interaction along with the required neutron and proton density distributions calculated in the relativistic mean field theory. It is found that in spite of the excellent results for the half lives the fusion cross sections are underestimated by almost a factor of 3. However, the experimental fusion cross sections can be reproduced by introducing a norm factor (overall multiplicative factor to the potential) 1.3 but this then worsens the agreement for half lives. To verify this observation and for comparison the calculations are repeated using some of the representative empirical potentials available in the literature. The same conclusion emerged. The present study thus indicates that the same alpha-nucleus potential may yield accurate description for both the alpha-nucleus fusion cross sections and alpha-decay half lives only with the introduction of additional parameter(s).
 
Publisher IOP PUBLISHING LTD
 
Date 2011-08-04T01:28:13Z
2011-12-26T12:54:28Z
2011-12-27T05:42:25Z
2011-08-04T01:28:13Z
2011-12-26T12:54:28Z
2011-12-27T05:42:25Z
2008
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS, 35(6), -
0954-3899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/35/6/065109
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/9200
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/9200
 
Language en