Quantum theory of complete and incomplete fusion in collisions of weakly bound nuclei

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new quantum mechanical approach to accurately evaluate complete and incomplete fusion processes in collisions involving weakly bound nuclei, demonstrating strong agreement with experimental data.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel quantum method for fusion evaluation in weakly bound nuclei collisions, improving upon previous models.

Findings

The method accurately predicts fusion cross sections for the $^{7}{ m Li}+^{209}{ m Bi}$ system.

Results show excellent agreement with experimental data both above and below the Coulomb barrier.

The approach enhances understanding of fusion mechanisms in weakly bound nuclear systems.

Abstract

We propose a new quantum mechanical method to evaluate complete and incomplete fusion in collisions of weakly bound nuclei. The method is applied to the $^{7}{\rm Li}+^{209}{\rm Bi}$ system and the results are compared to experimental data. The overall agreement between theory and experiment is very good, above and below the Coulomb barrier.