Determination of $\alpha$-optical potential for reactions with p-nuclei from the study of ($\alpha$,n) reactions in the astrophysically relevant energy region

Abstract

Optical potential parameters in nuclear model calculations are determined by fitting elastic scattering angular distribution data. Due to the dominance of Coulomb part, elastic scattering is performed at much higher energies. A different approach using ($\alpha$,n) reaction is suggested to determine the alpha optical potentials suitable for astrophysically relevant low energy regions. Reaction on p-nuclei in the mass region A $\approx$ 92-168 have been chosen and a modified McFadden-Satchler $\alpha$-optical potential is obtained from fitting the ($\alpha$,n) reaction data. The effect of level density and $\gamma$-ray strength function is also studied using this new potential by analyzing ($\alpha ,\gamma$) cross-sections.

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