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Title: Energy dependence of nonlocal optical potentials

Abstract

Recently, a variety of studies have shown the importance of including nonlocality in the description of reactions. The goal of this work is to revisit the phenomenological approach to determining nonlocal optical potentials from elastic scattering. We perform a χ2 analysis of neutron elastic scattering data off 40Ca, 90Zr, and 208Pb at energies E ≈ 5–40 MeV, assuming a Perey and Buck [Nucl. Phys. 32, 353 (1962)] or Tian et al. [Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 24, 1550006 (2015)] nonlocal form for the optical potential. We introduce energy and asymmetry dependencies in the imaginary part of the potential and refit the data to obtain a global parametrization. Independently of the starting point in the minimization procedure, an energy dependence in the imaginary depth is required for a good description of the data across the included energy range. We then present two parametrizations, both of which represent an improvement over the original potentials for the fitted nuclei as well as for other nuclei not included in our fit. Our results show that, even when including the standard Gaussian nonlocality in optical potential, a significant energy dependence is required to describe elastic-scattering data.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1]
  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab. (NSCL) and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab. (NSCL) and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Free Univ. of Brussels (Belgium). Dept. of Nuclear and Quantum Physics
  3. Free Univ. of Brussels (Belgium). Dept. of Nuclear and Quantum Physics; Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany). Inst. of Nuclear Physics
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Research Org.:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); German Research Foundation (DFG); European Union (EU)
OSTI Identifier:
1463323
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1410589
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0002132; PHY-1068571; PHY-1403906; NA0002135; FG52-08NA28552; 654002
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; neutron elastic scattering; non-local optical potentials; energy dependent potentials; direct reactions; models & methods for nuclear reactions; nuclear reactions; nucleon induced nuclear reactions; optical, coupled-channel & distorted wave models

Citation Formats

Lovell, A. E., Bacq, P. -L., Capel, P., Nunes, F. M., and Titus, L. J. Energy dependence of nonlocal optical potentials. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.96.051601.
Lovell, A. E., Bacq, P. -L., Capel, P., Nunes, F. M., & Titus, L. J. Energy dependence of nonlocal optical potentials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.051601
Lovell, A. E., Bacq, P. -L., Capel, P., Nunes, F. M., and Titus, L. J. Wed . "Energy dependence of nonlocal optical potentials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.051601. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1463323.
@article{osti_1463323,
title = {Energy dependence of nonlocal optical potentials},
author = {Lovell, A. E. and Bacq, P. -L. and Capel, P. and Nunes, F. M. and Titus, L. J.},
abstractNote = {Recently, a variety of studies have shown the importance of including nonlocality in the description of reactions. The goal of this work is to revisit the phenomenological approach to determining nonlocal optical potentials from elastic scattering. We perform a χ2 analysis of neutron elastic scattering data off 40Ca, 90Zr, and 208Pb at energies E ≈ 5–40 MeV, assuming a Perey and Buck [Nucl. Phys. 32, 353 (1962)] or Tian et al. [Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 24, 1550006 (2015)] nonlocal form for the optical potential. We introduce energy and asymmetry dependencies in the imaginary part of the potential and refit the data to obtain a global parametrization. Independently of the starting point in the minimization procedure, an energy dependence in the imaginary depth is required for a good description of the data across the included energy range. We then present two parametrizations, both of which represent an improvement over the original potentials for the fitted nuclei as well as for other nuclei not included in our fit. Our results show that, even when including the standard Gaussian nonlocality in optical potential, a significant energy dependence is required to describe elastic-scattering data.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.96.051601},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 5,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Nov 29 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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