Forging the link between nuclear reactions and nuclear structure

Abstract

A comprehensive description of all single-particle properties associated with the nucleus ${}^{40}$Ca is generated by employing a nonlocal dispersive optical potential capable of simultaneously reproducing all relevant data above and below the Fermi energy. The introduction of nonlocality in the absorptive potentials yields equivalent elastic differential cross sections as compared to local versions but changes the absorption profile as a function of angular momentum suggesting important consequences for the analysis of nuclear reactions. Below the Fermi energy, nonlocality is essential to allow for an accurate representation of particle number and the nuclear charge density. Spectral properties implied by $(e,e^{\prime }p)$ and $(p,2p)$ reactions are correctly incorporated, including the energy distribution of about 10% high-momentum nucleons, as experimentally determined by data from Jefferson Lab. These high-momentum nucleons provide a substantial contribution to the energy of the ground state, indicating a residual attractive contribution from higher-body interactions for ${}^{40}$Ca of about 0.64 MeV/$A$.

5 pages, 5 figures; submitted to PRL. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1312.4886

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• Asymmetry dependence of proton correlations
• Nonlocal extension of the dispersive-optical-model to describe data below the Fermi energy
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