Absence of hindrance in microscopic ${}^{12}$C+${}^{12}$C fusion study

Abstract

Background: Studies of low-energy fusion of light nuclei are important in astrophysical modeling, with small variations in reaction rates having a large impact on nucleosynthesis yields. Due to the lack of experimental data at astrophysical energies, extrapolation and microscopic methods are needed to model fusion probabilities. Purpose: To investigate deep sub-barrier ${}^{12}$C+${}^{12}$C fusion cross sections and establish trends for the $S$ factor. Method: Microscopic methods based on static Hartree-Fock (HF) and time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) mean-field theory are used to obtain ${}^{12}$C+${}^{12}$C ion-ion fusion potentials. Fusion cross sections and astrophysical $S$ factors are then calculated using the incoming wave boundary condition (IWBC) method. Results: Both density-constrained frozen Hartree-Fock (DCFHF) and density-constrained TDHF (DC-TDHF) predict a rising $S$ factor at low energies, with DC-TDHF predicting a slight damping in the deep sub-barrier region ($\approx 1$~MeV). Comparison between DC-TDHF calculations and maximum experimental cross-sections in the resonance peaks are good. However the discrepancy in experimental low energy results inhibits interpretation of the trend. Conclusions: Using the fully microscopic DCFHF and DC-TDHF methods, no $S$ factor maximum is observed in the ${}^{12}$C+${}^{12}$C fusion reaction. In addition, no extreme sub-barrier hindrance is predicted at low energies. The development of a microscopic theory of fusion including resonance effects, as well as further experiments at lower energies must be done before the deep sub-barrier behavior of the reaction can be established.

arXiv comment9 pages, 6 figures

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