EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR-STRUCTURE ON AVERAGE ANGULAR-MOMENTUM IN SUBBARRIER FUSION

Authors
BALANTEKIN AB BENNETT JR KUYUCAK S
Citation
Ab. Balantekin et al., EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR-STRUCTURE ON AVERAGE ANGULAR-MOMENTUM IN SUBBARRIER FUSION, Physics letters. Section B, 335(3-4), 1994, pp. 295-299
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
335
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
295 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1994)335:3-4<295:EONOAA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We investigate the effects of nuclear quadrupole and hexadecapole coup lings on the average angular momentum in subbarrier fusion reactions. This quantity could provide a probe for nuclear shapes, distinguishing between prolate vs. oblate quadrupole and positive vs. negative hexad ecapole couplings. We describe the data in the O + Sm system and discu ss heavier systems where shape effects become more pronounced.