Potential model with bound-to-continuum approach for low-energy nucleon radiative capture by $^{12}$C and $^{16}$O

TL;DR

This paper develops a bound-to-continuum potential model based on Skyrme Hartree-Fock to study low-energy nucleon radiative capture by $^{12}$C and $^{16}$O, achieving good agreement with experimental data and exploring nuclear structure insights.

Contribution

The paper introduces a novel bound-to-continuum potential model that treats scattering and bound states simultaneously for nucleon capture reactions.

Findings

Model results agree with experimental data

Revisits nuclear structure features

Enhances understanding of astrophysical processes

Abstract

The nucleon radiative capture reactions are important in pure and applied nuclear physics, especially in nuclear astrophysics. The keV-nucleon radiative capture reactions are studied with $^{12}$C and $^{16}$O targets using the bound-to-continuum potential model in which both scattering and bound states are treated simultaneously and based on the Skyrme Hartree-Fock approximation. The obtained results are shown to be in good agreement with the available experimental data. Alongside astrophysical aspects, the nuclear structure features were revisited for enlarging the prospect of adopting the nucleon radiative capture processes as a spectroscopic tool.