Analysis of the 16C(d,p)17C reaction from microscopic 17C wave functions

TL;DR

This paper uses a microscopic cluster model and CDCC method to analyze the 16C(d,p)17C transfer reaction, providing insights into nuclear structure and reaction mechanisms with good agreement to experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a semi-microscopic approach combining cluster models and CDCC to accurately describe the 16C(d,p)17C reaction and nuclear structure.

Findings

Microscopic model reproduces 17C bound-state energies.

Deuteron breakup significantly affects transfer cross sections.

Predicted large cross section for 17C(p,d)16C reaction to 2+ state.

Abstract

We present a semi-microscopic study of the 16C(d,p)17C transfer reaction. The 17C overlap integrals and spectroscopic factors are obtained from a microscopic cluster model, involving many 16C+n configurations. This microscopic model provides a fair description of the 17C bound-state energies. The 16C+d scattering wave functions are defined in the CDCC method, where the deuteron breakup is simulated by pseudostates. The transfer cross sections are in good agreement with recent data. We confirm the 16C(2+)+n structure of the ground state, and show that deuteron breakup effects have a significant influence on the cross sections. We study the 17C(p,d)16C reverse reaction and suggest that the cross section to the 2+ state should be large. A measurement of the ground-state cross section would provide a strong test of the microscopic wave functions.