Cluster formation in precompound nuclei in the time-dependent framework

Schuetrumpf, B.; Nazarewicz, W.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.96.064608

Title: Cluster formation in precompound nuclei in the time-dependent framework

Journal Article · Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.064608· OSTI ID:1435751

Schuetrumpf, B. ^[1]; Nazarewicz, W. ^[2]

Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany). Inst. fur Kernphysik; GSI Helmholz zentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). FRIB Lab.
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and FRIB Lab.

Background: Modern applications of nuclear time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) are often capable of providing quantitative description of heavy ion reactions. However, the structures of precompound (preequilibrium, prefission) states produced in heavy ion reactions are difficult to assess theoretically in TDDFT as the single-particle density alone is a weak indicator of shell structure and cluster states. Purpose: We employ the time-dependent nucleon localization function (NLF) to reveal the structure of precompound states in nuclear reactions involving light and medium-mass ions. We primarily focus on spin saturated systems with N = Z . Furthermore, we study reactions with oxygen and carbon ions, for which some experimental evidence for α clustering in precompound states exists. Method: We utilize the symmetry-free TDDFT approach with the Skyrme energy density functional UNEDF1 and compute the time-dependent NLFs to describe ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O, ⁴⁰Ca + ¹⁶O, ⁴⁰Ca + ⁴⁰Ca , and ^16,18O + ¹²C collisions at energies above the Coulomb barrier. Results: We show that NLFs reveal a variety of time-dependent modes involving cluster structures. For instance, the ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O collision results in a vibrational mode of a quasimolecular α -¹² C -¹² C- α state. For heavier ions, a variety of cluster configurations are predicted. For the collision of ^16,18O + ¹²C, we showed that the precompound system has a tendency to form α clusters. This result supports the experimental findings that the presence of cluster structures in the projectile and target nuclei gives rise to strong entrance channel effects and enhanced α emission. Conclusion: The time-dependent nucleon localization measure is a very good indicator of cluster structures in complex precompound states formed in heavy-ion fusion reactions. Finally, the localization reveals the presence of collective vibrations involving cluster structures, which dominate the initial dynamics of the fusing system.

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Research Organization:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0013365; SC0008511; NA0002847

OSTI ID:: 1435751

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1413561

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 96, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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