Linking Nuclear Reactions and Nuclear Structure to Study Exotic Nuclei Using the Dispersive Optical Model

  • W. H. Dickhoff

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Abstract

The dispersive optical model (DOM) is employed to simultaneously describe elastic nucleon scattering data for40Ca,48Ca, and208Pb as well as observables related to the ground state of these nuclei, with emphasis on the charge density. Such an analysis requires a fully non-local implementation of the DOM including its imaginary component. Illustrations are provided on how ingredients thus generated provide critical components for the description of the (d, p) and (e, e′p) reaction. For the nuclei with N > Z the neutron distribution is constrained by available elastic scattering and ground-state data thereby generating a prediction for the neutron skin. We identify ongoing developments including a non-local DOM analysis for208Pb and point out possible extensions of the method to secure a successful extension of the DOM to rare isotopes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCompound-Nuclear Reactions - Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Compound-Nuclear Reactions and Related Topics CNR*18
EditorsJutta Escher, Yoram Alhassid, Lee A. Bernstein, David Brown, Carla Fröhlich, Patrick Talou, Walid Younes
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages83-90
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783030580810
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event6th International Workshop on Compound-Nuclear Reactions and Related Topics, CNR 2018 - Berkeley, United States
Duration: Sep 24 2018Sep 28 2018

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Physics
Volume254
ISSN (Print)0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)1867-4941

Conference

Conference6th International Workshop on Compound-Nuclear Reactions and Related Topics, CNR 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBerkeley
Period09/24/1809/28/18

Keywords

  • (e, e′p)reaction
  • Neutron skin
  • Transfer reactions

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