Nucleus–nucleus potential from identical-particle interference
Based on the quantum interference between two-identical-nucleus scattering at energies around the Coulomb barrier, the barrier positions for 58Ni+58Ni and 16O+16O are extracted from Mott oscillations in the angular distributions around 90° for the first time. The angle separation of pairs of Mott sc...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Physics Letters B |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318305422 |
| Summary: | Based on the quantum interference between two-identical-nucleus scattering at energies around the Coulomb barrier, the barrier positions for 58Ni+58Ni and 16O+16O are extracted from Mott oscillations in the angular distributions around 90° for the first time. The angle separation of pairs of Mott scattering valleys around 90° has a direct relationship with the closest distance between two nuclei in elastic scattering. Together with the barrier height from fusion excitation function, the extracted barrier position provides a sensitive probe to constrain the model predictions for the nucleus–nucleus potential barrier. |
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| ISSN: | 0370-2693 |