Nuclear-Elastic Scattering of ${}^9$Be+${}^4$He using the Proximity Potential

Abstract

A nuclear-elastic ${}^9$Be+${}^4$He reaction is investigated. A tangential literature overview of the proximity potential is presented, necessitated by an approximate method for calculating $l\text{-values}$. The model is surveyed intensively, from classical conception (liquid drop model) to physical implication (fusion barrier height), leading to a second-part calculation of the ${}^9$Be+${}^4$He angular distribution. The results obtained are limited by the exclusion of phase variation, but provide enough accuracy to give order-of-magnitude estimates for nuclei interacting peripherally, in agreement with experiment.

Comments: 18 pages