Nuclear physics with exotic nuclei

• Grant number: 15/11867-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: February 03, 2016
• End date: January 28, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Mahir Saleh Hussein
• Grantee: Mahir Saleh Hussein
• Visiting researcher: Pierre Descouvemont
• Visiting researcher institution: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos Avançados (IEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/18998-2 - Dynamics of many-body systems III, AP.TEM

Abstract

The research project of Professor Pierre Descouvemont involves the theoretical study of reactions induced by exotic weakly bound nuclei The method of coupled channels which is appropriate for such study, where the breakup process is important, will be used to calculate fusion, scattering and breakup cross sections of projectiles such as 7Li (a weakly bound nucleus) and 11Be (a one-neutron halo nucleus). The CC method itself (CDCC) will be further improved by taking into account many pseudo-states (representing the breakup continuum) in a statistical manner. It is expected that the proposed research will advance the field of reactions induced by exotic nuclei and makes possible the tratment of more complicated cases such as the case of two- or more cluster target nuclei. (AU)