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Main Authors: Arellano, H. F., Blanchon, G.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13301
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author Arellano, H. F.
Blanchon, G.
author_facet Arellano, H. F.
Blanchon, G.
contents Based on a momentum-space in-medium folding model, we disclose the universal separability of the optical potential, revealing its radial and nonlocality features at beam energies in the range 40 - 400 MeV and target mass numbers in the range $40\le A\le 208$. From this microscopic study we find that the nonlocality form factor is inherently complex and of hydrogenic nature, affecting both central and spin-orbit components of the potential. A striking outcome from this study is the consistent appearance of a nodal point in the imaginary radial form factor, notably suppressing surface absorption peaks, in evident contrast with Woods-Saxon's assumption of an absorptive peak at the nuclear surface. Our analysis reveals that the complex radial form factor can effectively be represented as convolutions of uniform spherical distribution with a Gaussian form factor and a Yukawa term. These robust microscopically-driven findings offer new ways for investigating nuclear reactions beyond the restricting Woods-Saxon and Perey-Buck assumptions.
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spellingShingle Universal separable structure of the optical potential
Arellano, H. F.
Blanchon, G.
Nuclear Theory
Based on a momentum-space in-medium folding model, we disclose the universal separability of the optical potential, revealing its radial and nonlocality features at beam energies in the range 40 - 400 MeV and target mass numbers in the range $40\le A\le 208$. From this microscopic study we find that the nonlocality form factor is inherently complex and of hydrogenic nature, affecting both central and spin-orbit components of the potential. A striking outcome from this study is the consistent appearance of a nodal point in the imaginary radial form factor, notably suppressing surface absorption peaks, in evident contrast with Woods-Saxon's assumption of an absorptive peak at the nuclear surface. Our analysis reveals that the complex radial form factor can effectively be represented as convolutions of uniform spherical distribution with a Gaussian form factor and a Yukawa term. These robust microscopically-driven findings offer new ways for investigating nuclear reactions beyond the restricting Woods-Saxon and Perey-Buck assumptions.
title Universal separable structure of the optical potential
topic Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13301