Comment on "Solution of the $\alpha$-Potential Mystery in the $\gamma$ Process and Its Impact on the Nd/Sm Ratio in Meteorites"

V. Avrigeanu, M. Avrigeanu, C. Mănăilescu

A competition of the low-energy Coulomb excitation (CE) with the compound nucleus (CN) formation in $\alpha$-induced reactions below the Coulomb barrier has been assumed by Rauscher [Ph…