Present status of coupled-channels calculations for heavy-ion subbarrier fusion reactions

Abstract

The coupled-channels method has been a standard tool in analyzing heavy-ion fusion reactions at energies around the Coulomb barrier. We investigate three simplifications usually adopted in the coupled-channels calculations. These are i) the exclusion of non-collective excitations, ii) the assumption of coordinate independent coupling strengths, and iii) the harmonic oscillator approximation for multi-phonon excitations. In connection to the last point, we propose a novel microscopic method based on the beyond-mean-field approach in order to take into account the anharmonic effects of collective vibrations.

Comments: 10 pages, 4 figures. A talk given at the 12th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2015), June 21-26, Catania, Italy