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On multiple excitation near the coulomb barrier in heavy ion scattering
C. Leclercq-Willain
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C. Leclercq-Willain. On multiple excitation near the coulomb barrier in heavy ion scattering. Journal
de Physique, 1971, 32 (11-12), pp.833-840. �10.1051/jphys:019710032011-12083300�. �jpa-00207181�
LE JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE
ON MULTIPLE EXCITATION NEAR THE COULOMB BARRIER IN HEAVY
ION SCATTERING
C.
LECLERCQ-WILLAIN
Institut Interuniversitaire des Sciences
Nucléaires,
Université Libre de
Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique (Reçu
le 28janvier 1971,
révisé le 23 avril1971)
Résumé. 2014 La méthode semi-classique développée en théorie d’excitation coulombienne est utilisée pour définir les sections efficaces différentielles inélastiques en diffusion, à la barrière cou-
lombienne, d’ions lourds par des noyaux pairs-pairs vibrationnels. La théorie est appliquée à l’inter- prétation des résultats de Lemberg concernant l’excitation des états 3- des noyaux Sn122-124 en
diffusion d’ions N14 aux énergies de 44,5, 48,5 et 52,5 MeV.
Abstract. 2014 The semi-classical method developed in Coulomb excitation of nuclei is used to describe the differential inelastic scattering cross-section at energies near and above the Coulomb barrier for heavy ion interacting with even-even nuclei possessing vibrational states. The theory is applied to Lemberg’s results of 3- states excitation in Sn122-124 by N14 ions scattering at energies
of 44.5, 48.5 and 52.5 MeV.
Classification
Physics Abstracts :
12.17,12.38
1. Introduction. - The use of Coulomb excitation to obtain useful information about excited states of nuclei has
generally depended
on theassumption
that the incident
particle
does notappreciably
penetrate the Coulomb barrier and therefore thatonly
electro-magnetic
interactions need to be considered.However, even below the Coulomb
barrier,
thenuclear interaction between the incident and target nuclei may be
significant
and in some cases cannot beneglected.
Modifications of the Coulomb excitation process due to nuclear forces arepresented
in severalexperimental
results[1]-[5]
and arereported
in sometheoretical works
[6]-[15], [20].
In work of Hansen, Nathan and
Popov [1 ],
2+ and3 - states were identified in some rare-earth
region
nuclei
by
inelastic ascattering
at various incidentenergies
from 14 to 20 MeV. In those papers, theBE03BB
values are derivedby assuming
Coulomb excitationonly.
TheBE,
values come outcorrectly
with thisassumption,
but theBE3
values are three and four timeslarger
than the values deduced in e-scattering.
It has been shown
by
DWBA calculations[6]-[10], performed
with anoptical
model nuclearpotential
inaddition to the Coulomb
potential,
that one can havea situation where the lowest 2+ state is excited
predo- minantly by
Coulomb excitation whereas there is asignificant
nuclear contribution to the 3 - state.Because of this situation with a
bombarding
energy ofa
particles
close to the Coulomb barrierapplied
to theexperimental
conditions usedby
Hansen etal.,
thelargeness
of theirBE3
values isexplained. Recently,
the inelastic
N14 ionsscattering by Sn 11 s -12 z -1 z 4 target
nuclei,
has been measured at 1800scattering angle by Lemberg
et al.[2]
at incidentenergies
of44.5,
48.5 and 52.5 MeV. It has been shown that the
BE3
values derived
by
Coulomb excitationtheory
increaseswith energy when it pass
through
the Coulomb barrier(EB N
50MeV).
These results arepresented
in Table I.TABLE 1
In the present paper, the semi classical method
developed by
several authors[16]-[17]
in Coulombexcitation of nuclei is used to describe the differential inelastic
scattering
cross sections atenergies
near theCoulomb barrier for
heavy charged particles interacting
with an even-even nucleus
possessing
vibrationalstates. The results are
applied
toLemberg’s experiment
of inelastic N14 ions
scattering by Son"’ - 124
.For a
scattering
atenergies Eo > EB,
the differential cross-sections has a diffractional structure whichevidently
cannot be described in a theoretical semi- classical treatment. In such cases, acoupled
channelcalculation or the first order DWBA
approximation
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performed
with anoptical
model nuclearpotential
inaddition to the Coulomb
potential
is much suitable.Such
theory
has beenpresented
in several theoretical papers[8], [9], [10], [12], [15]. However,
thelong
range Coulomb
potential requires
manypartial
wavesin the
computation
of the Coulomb excitation terms.An easier treatment which introduces a Coulomb
phase
correction in the smooth cut-off diffractional model has beendeveloped [18].
In
heavy
ionreactions, coupled equations
orDWBA method
requires
too manypartial
waves andthe calculations become
impraticable
without aid oflong
numericalcomputation
programs andhigh speed
computers.Fortunately,
the excitationby heavy
ionsgenerally
affordsappreciable simplifications
in the treatment
by multiple
excitation timedependent theory. Indeed,
inheavy
ionscattering,
the conditions of semi-classicalapproximation
aregenerally
wellrealized and
furthermore,
due to the smallpenetration
in the nuclear forces range, it may be
possible
to treatthe nuclear interaction as a
perturbation
to theCoulomb one. Such
approximations
can be usedin
multiple
excitation timedependent theory
to facili-tate the
computation
ofmultiple
excitation near the Coulomb barrier inheavy
ionscattering.
2. Calculation of excitation
probability.
- Inthe collision of
heavy charged particles
with anucleus,
the
particle
motion in the fieldzz’e2/r
+VoN"""l
canbe described
by
means of classicalmechanics, assuming
r =
r(t),
if thequasi-classical
conditionis satisfied.
Assuming that,
in inelasticscattering,
the transfer- energy AE =Ef - Ei
is smallcompared
with theincident energy E,
we may
neglect
thechange
of kinetic energy in theparticle
motion. In otherwords,
we shall assume thatin inelastic
scattering
thetrajectory
of thecharged particle
isundistinguishable
from that of anelasticly
scatteredparticle.
If it is
assumed, furthermore,
that the Coulombpotential
zz’e2/r
ispredominant
in the elasticscattering
and if the classical condition
(1) il
= zz’e’lhv »
1is
satisfied,
we mayidentify
thetrajectory
of theparticle exactly
with ahyperbolic
Rutherford orbit.The closest
approach
on a fixedtrajectory
being supposed
to stayequal
orlarger
than the rangeof nuclear
forces,
we may also assume that the residual nuclear and Coulomb interactions act as aperturbation.
When conditions
(1), (2), (3)
aresatisfied,
the differential cross-section for inelasticscattering
iswhere
and
Pif
is theprobability
of nuclear transitionTo define the transition
amplitude
a;f, we use theTomonaga representation
and solve theequation
with
and the
unitary
operatorHe(q) being
the target nucleus hamiltonian andHinl(q-, r(t))
theparticle-nucleus
interaction hamil- tonian. The state vectorp(ij, r(t))
may bedeveloped
ina linear combination of the basis vector
Pll(ij) eigenstates
ofHe(q).
The solution of
equation (5)
can beexpressed
as aexponential operator according
toMagnus
or Ferformulations
[19].
With initial conditionsthe transition
amplitude
to the final statePr(q)
attime t is
With the
Magnus
form of the time-evolution operatorU(t, to) [19],
we obtainThe
particle-nucleus
interactionHint(ë¡, r(t))
isdefined
assuming
vibrational excitation of the target nucleus.So,
for small deformation of the nuclearshape
definedby
the
particle-nucleus
interaction energy may berepresented by
with initial relation
Ro,e
definies theequilibrium
radius of the nuclearmass
(Ro)
orcharge (Re) distribution.
The scalar term
Vo(l r - Ro,e 1)
weidentify
withthe
spherical potential
used to describe the elasticscattering
and the other terms in(9)
we mayidentify
with the inelastic interaction.
So,
theexplicit
form of the Coulomb and nuclear interactionpotentials
are :The Coulomb
potential
r, r>
being
the smaller andlarger
of r, r’.With the
charge density
fonctionThe
expression (10)
iswith
The nuclear
potential
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If we assume small deformation of order A. for the nuclear
surface,
the residual Coulomb and nuclearparticle-nucleus
interactions may be limited in theirdevelopments [12], [15]
to the first order terms in a).Jl’ and thegeneral
form ofHint().) (q, t)
iswith
r =
r(t),
Q =Q(t)
are definedby
the classicaltrajec-
tory.
When this
assumption
issatisfied,
the commutators[H±(t), n+(t’)]
are C-numbers and theMagnus expansion
ofU(t, to) is
limited to the second order.So,
we obtainwith
In this
multiple
excitation semi-classicaltheory,
the
explicit
form of the onephonon
 vibrational state excitation cross-section shall be[see
formulas(4),
(16)-(18)].
or
with
and where
is the
probability
definedby
first ordertime-dependent perturbation theory
V{i)Cb
andV(if
definedby
the first order terms ina;’Jl of the
developments (12) (14)
arerespectively
theCoulomb and nuclear residual interaction
potential.
In the present
calculation, only
the external Coulomb interactionpotential
has to be used and a Saxon-Woods
shape
is selected for the nuclearpotential.
Explicitly
we havewith the
multipole
electric momentFor
convenience,
we use the focal coordinate system and theparametric description
of the Rutherfordtrajectory
defined in[16].
With a =11/k
and8 = sin - ’
0/2,
theexplicit form of P(’)
is :with the Coulomb classical orbital
integral [16]
and the nuclear classical orbital
integral
3. Results and discussion. - This
theory
has beenapplied
to the inelasticscattering
ofheavy
ionsN14 by Sn 122 -124
at incidentenergies
of44.5,
48.5 and52.5 MeV around the Coulomb barrier. Excitation of levels 2+ of one
phonon
A. = 2 and 3- of onephonon À
= 3 have been studied. The characteristic parameters forSn122
aregiven
in Table II.on
Vo.
Thenegative
interference term( Vo)
is the first correction of the(C
+N)* theory
on the(C)*
oneand the nuclear term
(Vô) prevails
over the interference term,only
forlarge scattering angles.
For increased incident
energies,
the effect of the nuclear interaction is present in the excitation differen- tial cross-section in alarger angular region
and itsTABLE II
Characteristic parameter
for Sn122
The differential excitation cross sections are
calculated for different values of the nuclear para- meters
Vo
and 7 and for R -r(A p 1/3
+Ac1/3)
with r = ro = 1.5 fm and r - re = 1.3 fm
respectively
for the mass andcharge spherical
distri-bution of the nucleus.
In the « Coulomb + Nuclear
(C
+N) theory »,
the differential cross-section is thus defined as the
superposition
of three termswhere
dacb
is the Coulomb excitation differential cross-section, d6Nu°1
is the nuclear excitation differentialcross-section, depending
onV02
anddu"t
is thenegative
interference term of therepulsive
Coulombinteraction and the attractive nuclear one,
depending
(*) « Coulomb-only » (C) and « Coulomb + Nuclear » (C + N) will be used to define respectively results of pure Coulomb excitation theory and results of the theory with nuclear contri- bution and interference between Coulomb and nuclear interac- tions.
FIG. 1. - Nuclear potential variation in , = sin-1 0/2,
« w fixed » for two values of incident energy.
maximum
amplitude
goes tolarger angles
or, which is the same,deeper penetration
of the classical orbits into the nuclear interactionregion. (See Fig. 1
and2.)
For increased
Vo values,
thenegative discrepancy
between the
(C
+N)
and the(C)
differential cross-sections occurs at smaller
angles.
As thepositive
838
FIG. 2. - Angular distributions for the octupole transition
in Sn122 bombarded with N14 ions at Eo = 44.5, 48.5 and 52.5 MeV. (C) and (C + N) results are represented (see text).
The values used for the parameters are Vo = 5 MeV, Q = 0.56 fm, Ro =11.05 fm and Ric = 9.58 fm.
nuclear term
prevails
on thenegative
interference termfor smaller
angles,
abig
minimum followedby
fasterascent of the differential cross-section is observed at
smaller
angles. (See Fig. 3-4-5.)
FIG. 3. - Nuclear potential variation for two values of the nuclear parameter Vo.
For increased u
values,
thediscrepancy
observedbetween the
(C
+N)
and(C)
differential cross-sectionsdepends strongly
on the incident energy. At lowerenergies (44.5,
48.5MeV)
the classical orbits penetratea nuclear
region
limited at(1)
or(2)
infigure 6,
forFIG. 4. - Variation with the nuclear parameter Vo of the angular distributions for the octupole transition in Sn 122 bombarded with N14 ions at Eo = 48.5 MeV. The results are
presented for two values of the parameter Q : Q = 0.56 fm and a = 0.40 fm.
FIG. 5. - Variation with the nuclear parameter Vo of the angular distributions for the octupole transition in Sn122 bombarded with N 14 ions at Eo = 52.5 MeV. The results are
presented for two values of the parameter Q : a = 0.56 fm and
a = 0.40 fm.
which the nuclear interaction is smaller for smaller Q
values. See
figure.
4. At 52.5MeV energy,
the classicalorbits penetrate to the
region (3)
infigure
6 and so,for
scattering angles larger
than9N,
the nuclear inter-action for small J values is
larger.
Seefigures
5 and 7.FIG. 6. - Nuclear potential variation for two values of the nuclear parameter u.
FIG. 7. - Variation with the nuclear parameter a of the nuclear contribution to the angular distribution for the octupole transi-
tion in Sn122 bombarded with N14 ions at Eo = 52.5 MeV.
In this paper, we
only
present the results ofoctupole
excitation. One may indeed see that the nuclear correction introduced in Coulomb excitation differential cross-sections is smaller in
quadrupole
thanin
octupole
excitation. This appearsclearly by comparing
the interactionpotentials
defined as thesuperposition
of the nuclear surface interaction andthe Coulomb one for the 2+ and 3- excitation
(curves
2+ and 3- onFig. 8)
with thecorresponding
Coulomb residual interaction
only (curves Â
= 2and  = 3 on
Fig. 8).
FIG. 8. - The potential interaction
defined
as the superpositionof the Coulomb and nuclear interaction potentials for À = 2
and À = 3 excitation
(2+
and 3- (C +N))
is compared tothe Coulomb interaction only
(2+
and 3-(C)).
Similar
qualitative
results are obtained inSn124.
The
quantitative
determinations of reduced transi- tionprobabilities
are, in the presenttheory,
based onan assumed
proportionality
between the inelasticscattering
cross-sections and theBEÂ
values derivedfrom Coulomb excitation. The two processes do not,
however, necessarily
measure the same matrix elements.The « apparent » reduced transition
probabilities BE3
of
Son122-124
defined at 180°by
the ratio of(C
+N)
and
(C)
differential cross-sections arecompared
withthe
experimental
values ofLemberg [2].
Agood
fit isobtained for some admissible values of the nuclear and Coulomb parameters :
Vo
= 6MeV,
(1 = 0.56fm,
ro =1.5 fm
and re
= 1.3 fm. See Table I.So,
it appears that a(C)
theoreticalanalysis
of suchexperiments
defines a
B3
deformation valueincreasing
withincident energy.
4. Conclusion. - On the basis of these calculations
we can draw the
following
conclusions :- The nuclear interaction between incident and target nuclei may be
significant
even below the840
Coulomb barrier
EB.
It seems to be necessary to take into account the interference effects between Coulomb and nuclear interactions if wehope
to fit theincreasing BEÂ
values observed when the incident energy paststhrough
the Coulomb barrier.- The excitation
probabilities
are rather sensitiveto the nuclear surface
potential
parameters(diffuseness
and
depth
of the nuclearpotential) ;
so these inter- ference effectsmight
serve as a tool to measure these parameters.- The interference effects between Coulomb and nuclear interactions and the contribution of pure nuclear interaction fluctuate
sensitively
with thescattering angle.
Recently,
theoretical results onmultiple
excitationnear the Coulomb barrier have been
presented by Lukyanov
et al.[20].
Their excitations cross sections with transitions to rotational 2+ and4+
states in an even nucleus(Nd150)
are calculated at onescattering angle only (0
=150°).
Their calculations are limitedby
thevalidity
of the suddenapproximation
and ofthe q efr. (0) approximation
as defined in reference[21 ].
Similar
qualitative
conclusions have been drawn.Here,
our mainobjective
was todevelop
atheory
available for
heavy
ionscattering
and which couldgive
some fit to the « anomalousBEA »
values obtainedin some
experiments.
To
develop
some morecomplete
theories about the presentsubject
it would be necessary to have some moreexperimental
results onBEÂ
values and ondifferential cross-sections of such
scattering
at theCoulomb barrier energy.
So,
it would be veryinteresting
to have some results like those ofLemberg
in the
N14 -Sn 116 -122 -124 at
differentscattering angles
or those
presented by Wang
et ai.[5]
in thescattering
of C12 at 125.6 MeV and
016
at 166.4 MeV on Pb2os for 300Ocm
50°. Inconcluding,
we must alsonote that the Coulomb-nuclear interference effects in the excitation cross-sections are more
important
forlarger
À-transfer. So it would be veryinteresting
tostudy
someexamples
oflarge Â(= 4, 5)
excitations inscattering
process at the Coulomb barrier energy.In
fact,
a more realistictheory
ofscattering
betweencomplex
nucleirequires
treatmentexactly
in the sameway of Coulomb and nuclear interaction
potentials.
So, a
coupled
channel calculation or the first order DWBAapproximation performed
with aoptical
model nuclear
potential
in addition to the Coulombone is
certainly
much suitable to describescattering
of
light particles
like aparticles.
As wealready mention,
inheavy
ion reactions these treatmentsrequire
tedious calculations that canonly
beperformed by
means oflong
numericalcomputation
programs ; thelong
range Coulombpotential requires
conside-ration of many
partial
waves in thecomputation
ofthe Coulomb excitation terms.
Moreover,
the elasticscattering
wave functions asgiven by the optical
modelmay not be reliable because the process for reactions between
complex
nuclei is not yet well understood.In
conclusion,
it seems that amultiple
excitation semi- classical method isactually
much better fordescribing heavy
ionscattering
than the DWBA formulation.Acknowledgements.
- We wish to thank Professor M. Demeur for his support to our work and we aregrateful
to him forstimulating
discussions and usefulsuggestions.
We are undebted to the staff of theComputer
Center of BrusselsUniversity
for extensiveuse of their facilities.
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