Systematic study of fusion barrier characteristics within the relativistic mean-field formalism

Abstract

Background: The nuclear interaction potential and hence the fusion barrier formed between the interacting nuclei are the keys to understanding the complex fusion process dynamics. Purpose: This work intends to explore the fusion barrier characteristics of different target-projectile combinations within the relativistic mean-field (RMF) formalism. Methods: The density distributions of interacting nuclei and the microscopic R3Y NN interaction are obtained from relativistic mean-field (RMF) formalism for non-linear NL1, NL3, TM1, and relativistic-Hartree-Bogoliubov (RHB) approach for DDME2 parameter sets. The fusion and/or capture cross-section for the different reaction systems is calculated using the well-known $\ell$-summed Wong model. Results: The barrier height and position of 24 heavy-ion reaction systems are obtained for different nuclear density distributions and effective NN interaction potentials. The comparison of fusion and/or capture cross-section obtained from the $\ell$-summed Wong model is made with the available experimental data. Conclusions: The phenomenological M3Y NN potential is observed to give higher barrier heights than the relativistic R3Y NN potential for all the reaction systems. The comparison of results obtained from different relativistic parameter sets shows that the densities from NL1 and TM1 parameter sets give the lowest and highest barrier heights for all the systems under study. We observed higher barrier heights and lower cross-sections for DDR3Y NN potential as compared to density-independent R3Y NN potentials obtained for considered non-linear NL1, NL3 and TM1 parameter sets. According to the present analysis, it is concluded that the NL1 and NL3 parameter sets provide comparatively better overlap with the experimental fusion and/or capture cross-section than the TM1 and DDME2 parameter sets.

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