Toward a global description of the nucleus-nucleus interaction

• Main Author: Chamon, L. C.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Other Authors: Carlson, B. V., Gasques, L. R., Pereira, D., De Conti, C., Alvarez, M. A.G., Hussein, M. S., Cândido Ribeiro, M. A. [UNESP], Rossi, E. S., Silva, C. P.
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Download full: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.66.014610; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/225128

Extensive systematizations of theoretical and experimental nuclear densities and of optical potential strengths extracted from heavy-ion elastic scattering data analyses at low and intermediate energies are presented. The energy dependence of the nuclear potential is accounted for within a model based on the nonlocal nature of the interaction. The systematics indicates that the heavy-ion nuclear potential can be described in a simple global way through a double-folding shape, which basically depends only on the density of nucleons of the partners in the collision. The possibility of extracting information about the nucleon-nucleon interaction from the heavy-ion potential is investigated.