Microscopic Calculation of Pre-Compound Excitation Energies for Heavy-Ion Collisions

TL;DR

This paper presents a microscopic approach using time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory to calculate excitation energies during heavy-ion collisions, providing insights into the energy dynamics of dinuclear pre-compound systems.

Contribution

The paper introduces a novel microscopic method for calculating excitation energies in heavy-ion collisions based on TDHF theory.

Findings

The method accurately tracks excitation energy as a function of time and separation distance.

It relates excitation energy to the reaction Q-value.

Implications for understanding dinuclear pre-compound systems.

Abstract

We introduce a microscopic approach for calculating the excitation energies of systems formed during heavy-ion collisions. The method is based on time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory and allows the study of the excitation energy as a function of time or ion-ion separation distance. We discuss how this excitation energy is related to the estimate of the excitation energy using the reaction $Q$-value, as well as its implications for dinuclear pre-compound systems formed during heavy-ion collisions.