What can we learn from heavy-ion sub-barrier fusion excitation functions

Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6580850

Moehring, K

Over the last years, a large amount of heavy ion fusion data has been collected for energies around and well below the Coulomb barrier. As to their theoretical interpretation, the state of the art may be summarized as follows: for lighter systems, roughly Z/sub 1/Z/sub 2/ less than or equal to 80, a description of fusion as penetration through a one-dimensional, more or less standard potential barrier yields a satisfactory interpretation of the experimental data. For heavier systems such an attempt fails dramatically, underestimating the sub-barrier data by orders of magnitude. This problem is discussed. 15 references. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6580850
• Report Number(s): LBL-17936; CONF-8406156-1; ON: DE84014603
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on fusion reactions below the coulomb barrier, Cambridge, MA, USA, 13 Jun 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
FUSION REACTIONS
COULOMB FIELD
EXCITATION FUNCTIONS
NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
FUNCTIONS
KINETICS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
REACTION KINETICS
653003* - Nuclear Theory- Nuclear Reactions & Scattering