A Study on Heavy-Ion Fusion Reactions at Extreme Subbarrier Energies

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 29 - 35, 28.03.2023

H Chabrak Bulent Gonul

https://doi.org/10.1501/nuclear.2023.60

Abstract

Recent years have seen an increased interest in studying fusion reactions at extremely low subbarrier energies, although it is challenging to measure them due to their extremely small cross sections. After a brief review of the relevant literature in this area, this letter focuses on the remarkable similarities between the findings of the two effective but different models employed to analyze such reactions. The physics underlying the concealed relationship between sudden and adiabatic approaches is discussed considering the supersymmetric phase equivalent potential concept in terms of the potential functions used within their mathematical forms.

Keywords

Fusion hindrance, Heavy-ion interactions, Phase-equivalent potentials

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