Effect of breakup reactions on the fusion of a halo nucleus

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.47.R2470· OSTI ID:6581138

Takigawa, N; Kuratani, M ^[1]; Sagawa, H ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Tohoku University, 980 Sendai (Japan)
2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 113 Tokyo (Japan)

We discuss the effect of breakup on heavy-ion fusion reactions induced by a halo nucleus [sup 11]Li based on a semiclassical method. Our formula leads to a smaller effect of breakup than that calculated in a recent paper using unitarity. We show that although the large enhancement of the fusion cross section is moderated by the breakup, the halo nucleus [sup 11]Li still leads to a larger fusion cross section than the other Li isotopes. This trend is especially significant at low energies, but occurs also at energies near the Coulomb barrier where experimental study is feasible.

• OSTI ID: 6581138
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 47:6; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
HEAVY ION FUSION REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
LITHIUM 11 REACTIONS
BREAKUP REACTIONS
COULOMB FIELD
LITHIUM ISOTOPES
NEUTRON-RICH ISOTOPES
SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
ISOTOPES
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
663450* - Heavy-Ion-Induced Reactions & Scattering- (1992-)