On the “distribution of barriers” interpretation of heavy-ion fusion
Abstract
The significance of the interpretation of heavy-ion fusion cross sections in terms of a distribution of potential barriers is discussed. The smoothing due to the quantal barrier penetration is shown to replace a set of discrete barriers by an effective continuous distribution. It is shown how this smoothed distribution may be obtained rather directly from the measured cross sections at near-and sub-barrier energies.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- January 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0370-2693(91)90389-8
- Bibcode:
- 1991PhLB..254...25R