Folding model calculations for 6He+12C Elastic Scattering

TL;DR

This paper employs double folding and high energy approximation models to calculate optical potentials for 6He+12C elastic scattering, analyzing differential cross sections and reaction cross sections at various energies.

Contribution

It introduces a combined approach using double folding and high energy approximation for optical potential calculation in 6He+12C scattering.

Findings

Calculated differential cross sections agree with experimental data.

Total reaction cross sections are consistent with Glauber model predictions.

Comparison of real and imaginary potentials enhances understanding of scattering mechanisms.

Abstract

In the framework of the double folding model, we used the {\alpha}+2n and di-triton configurations for the nuclear matter density of the 6He nucleus to generate the real part of the optical potential for the system 6He+12C. As an alternative, we also use the high energy approximation to generate the optical potential for the same system. The derived potentials are employed to analyze the elastic scattering differential cross section at energies of 38.3, 41.6 and 82.3 MeV/nucleon. For the imaginary part of the potential we adopt the squared Woods-Saxon form. The obtained results are compared with the corresponding measured data as well as with available results in literature. The calculated total reaction cross sections are investigated and compared with the optical limit Glauber model description.