Energy dependence of potential barriers and its effect on fusion cross-sections

Abstract

Couplings between relative motion and internal structures are known to affect fusion barriers by dynamically modifying the densities of the colliding nuclei. The effect is expected to be stronger at energies near the barrier top, where changes in density have longer time to develop than at higher energies. Quantitatively, modern TDHF calculations are able to predict realistic fusion thresholds. However, the evolution of the potential barrier with bombarding energy remains to be confronted with the experimental data. The aim is to find signatures of the energy dependence of the barrier by comparing fusion cross-sections calculated from potentials obtained at different bombarding energies with the experimental data. This comparison is made for the ${}^{40}$Ca+${}^{40}$Ca and ${}^{16}$O+${}^{208}$Pb systems. Fusion cross-sections are computed from potentials calculated with the density-constrained TDHF method. The couplings decrease the barrier at low-energy in both cases. A deviation from the Woods-Saxon nuclear potential is also observed at the lowest energies. In general, fusion cross-sections around a given energy are better reproduced by the potential calculated at this energy. The coordinate-dependent mass plays a crucial role for the reproduction of sub-barrier fusion cross-sections. Effects of the energy dependence of the potential can be found in experimental barrier distributions only if the variation of the barrier is significant in the energy-range spanned by the distribution. It appears to be the case for ${}^{16}$O+${}^{208}$Pb but not for ${}^{40}$Ca+${}^{40}$Ca. These results show that the energy dependence of the barrier predicted in TDHF calculations is realistic. This confirms that the TDHF approach can be used to study the couplings between relative motion and internal degrees of freedom in heavy-ion collisions.

11 pages, 10 figures

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