Influence of multiphonon excitations and transfer on the fusion of Ca+Zr

Abstract

Fusion data for ${}^{48}$Ca+${}^{90,96}$Zr are analyzed by coupled-channels calculations that are based on the M3Y+repulsion, double-folding potential. By applying a previously determined nuclear density of ${}^{48}$Ca, the neutron densities of the zirconium isotopes are adjusted to optimize the fit to the fusion data, whereas the proton densities are determined by electron scattering experiments. It is shown that the fusion data can be explained fairly well by including couplings to one- and two-phonon excitations of the reacting nuclei and to one- and two-nucleon transfer reactions but there is also some sensitivity to multiphonon excitations. The neutron skin thicknesses extracted for the two zirconium isotopes are consistent with anti-proton measurements. The densities of the zirconium isotopes are used together with the previously determined nuclear density of ${}^{40}$Ca to calculate the M3Y+repulsion potentials and predict the fusion cross sections of ${}^{40}$Ca+${}^{90,96}$Zr. The predicted cross sections for ${}^{40}$Ca+${}^{90}$Zr are in reasonable agreement with the data when the influence of multiphonon excitations and a modest transfer is considered. The prediction of the ${}^{40}$Ca+${}^{96}$Zr fusion cross section, on the other hand, is poor and under-predicts the data by 30 to 40%. Although couplings to transfer channels with positive $Q$ values were expected to play an important role, they are not able to explain the data, primarily because the predicted Coulomb barrier is about 1.5 MeV too high. Possible reasons for this failure are discussed.

arXiv comment36 pager, 13 figures

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