How the Pauli exclusion principle affects fusion of atomic nuclei
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. C
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (Australia); DOE/OSTI
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (United States)
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT (Australia)
The Pauli exclusion principle induces a repulsion between composite systems of identical fermions such as colliding atomic nuclei. Our goal is to study how heavy-ion fusion is impacted by this “Pauli repulsion.” Here we propose a new microscopic approach, the density-constrained frozen Hartree-Fock method, to compute the bare potential including the Pauli exclusion principle exactly. Pauli repulsion is shown to be important inside the barrier radius and increases with the charge product of the nuclei. Its main effect is to reduce tunneling probability. Pauli repulsion is part of the solution to the long-standing deep sub-barrier fusion hindrance problem.
- Research Organization:
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Australian Research Council; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0013847
- OSTI ID:
- 1536060
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1345550
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 95; ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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