Calculation of Coulomb breakup cross sections using a new Coulomb dynamical polarization potential

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel Coulomb dynamical polarization potential (CDPP) method for calculating Coulomb breakup cross sections of unstable neutron-rich isotopes at high energies, employing the eikonal approximation and continuum excitations.

Contribution

The paper presents a new approach using a Coulomb dynamical polarization potential derived from solving the Schrödinger equation for the projectile's two-body cluster structure.

Findings

Good agreement with experimental Coulomb dissociation data

Effective modeling of continuum excitations

Enhanced accuracy over previous methods

Abstract

A new method for calculating the Coulomb breakup of unstable neutron-rich isotopes at high energies is presented. The calculations employ the eikonal approximation and use a new Coulomb dynamical polarization potential (CDPP), calculated by solving the Schr\"odinger equation for the entire motion of the exotic projectile as a two-body cluster structure using the adiabatic approximation and incorporating excitations to the continuum. Calculations for some exotic isotopes are compared with Coulomb dissociation cross section data and found to be in good agreement.