Cooper pair transfer in nuclei

TL;DR

This paper presents a second order DWBA method for analyzing two-particle transfer reactions in nuclei, effectively probing nuclear pairing correlations across the entire mass table.

Contribution

It introduces a corrected second order DWBA approach that accurately models simultaneous and successive transfer processes, improving nuclear pairing analysis.

Findings

Method accurately reproduces experimental data

Quantitative probe of nuclear pairing correlations

Applicable across the entire nuclear mass table

Abstract

The second order DWBA implementation of two-particle transfer direct reactions which includes simultaneous and successive transfer, properly corrected by non-orthogonality effects is tested with the help of controlled nuclear structure and reaction inputs against data spanning the whole mass table, and showed to constitute a quantitative probe of nuclear pairing correlations.