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Exploring the effect of positive Q-value neutron transfer in coupled-channels calculations using microscopic nuclear potentials

N. Jain·M. Bhuyan·P. Mohr·Raj Kumar
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We investigated the effect of the degree of freedom of neutron transfer on the cross section of heavy-ion fusion reactions, using the relativistic mean-field formalism within the coupled channel approach (CCFULL). We obtain the microscopic nuclear interaction potential in terms of the density distributions for the targets and projectiles with the NL3$^*$ parameter set and corresponding R3Y nucleon-nucleon potential. The present analysis includes the $^{18}$O-induced reactions, for which experimental fusion cross-section is available around the Coulomb barrier. It is evident from the results that including vibrational and/or rotational degrees of freedom enhances the fusion cross-section at energies below the barrier. However, fusion hindrance persists in this energy region. To address this, we incorporated the two-neutron $(2n)$ transfer channels in the Coupled Channel calculation. A comparison with the Woods-Saxon potential (WS) shows that the R3Y nucleon-nucleon (NN) potential, with intrinsic degrees of freedom, is superior to it, especially at energies below the barrier. This superiority can be attributed to the observed higher barrier heights and lower cross-section of the WS potential compared to the relativistic R3Y NN potential for the considered reaction systems. Consequently, we employed the relativistic mean-field formalism to estimate fusion characteristics for the unknown $^{18}$O-induced reactions, namely $^{18}$O + $^{62}${Ni}, $^{18}$O + $^{70,72,76}${Ge}, $^{18}$O + $^{144,150}${Nd}, and $^{18}$O + $^{144,148,152,154}${Sm}. Our analysis highlights the significant role of positive $Q$-value neutron transfer in enhancing the sub-barrier fusion cross-section for the $^{18}$O + $^{148}${Nd} reaction with the R3Y NN potential. However, the effect of this transfer channel for the other considered reactions is comparatively less pronounced.

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N. Jain, M. Bhuyan, P. Mohr, Raj Kumar. 2024-08-30. Exploring the effect of positive Q-value neutron transfer in coupled-channels calculations using microscopic nuclear potentials. https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.17291

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