Signature of Smooth Transition from Sudden to Adiabatic States in Heavy-Ion Fusion Reactions at Deep Sub-Barrier Energies

Journal Article · Fri Nov 13 04:00:00 EST 2009 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.202701· OSTI ID:21370834

Ichikawa, Takatoshi ^[1]; Hagino, Kouichi ^[2]; Iwamoto, Akira ^[3]

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1. Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
2. Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)
3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195 (Japan)

We propose a novel extension of the standard coupled-channels framework for heavy-ion reactions in order to analyze fusion reactions at deep-sub-barrier incident energies. This extension simulates a smooth transition between the two-body and the adiabatic one-body states. To this end, we damp gradually the off-diagonal part of the coupling potential, for which the position of the onset of the damping varies for each eigenchannel. We show that this model accounts well for the steep falloff of the fusion cross sections for the {sup 16}O+{sup 208}Pb, {sup 64}Ni+{sup 64}Ni, and {sup 58}Ni+{sup 58}Ni reactions.

• OSTI ID: 21370834
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 103; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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