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Coupling to breakup channels using a transformed harmonic oscillator basis

Abstract

The application of a recently proposed procedure for discretizing the continuum to collision processes involving weakly bound nuclei is studied. In particular, the coupling to breakup states in the collision of d+208Pb at 50 MeV is discussed. For illustrative purposes, only the s-wave component of the bound state of the deuteron is considered, and the study is restricted to the case of nuclear s-wave breakup. The continuum discretization procedure provides a basis of transformed harmonic oscillator wave functions to accomplish the necessary calculations. Appropriate convergence of the elastic and breakup cross sections with increasing dimension of the basis is reported. In addition, it is shown that the results obtained converge to those of a standard continuum discretized coupled channels calculation, with the advantage that the convergence of the method is determined by only one parameter, namely the dimension of the basis.

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Coupling to breakup channels using a transformed harmonic oscillator basis

Author: Moro Muñoz, Antonio Matías; Arias Carrasco, José Miguel; Gómez Camacho, Joaquín José; Martel, I.; Pérez Bernal, Francisco; Crespo, Raquel; Nunes, Filomena M.
Publisher: American Physical Society
Year: 2002
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.65.011602
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Coupling o b eakup channels using a ans o med ha monic oscilla o basis
A. M. Mo o,1,3 J. M. A ias,1J. Go
´mez-Camacho,1I. Ma el,2F. Pe
´ ez-Be nal,2,*R. C espo,3and F. Nunes4
1Depa amen o de FAMN, Uni e sidad de Se illa, Apa ado 1065, E-41080 Se illa, Spain
2Depa amen o de FAIE, Uni e sidad de Huel a, E-21071 Huel a, Spain
3Depa amen o de Fı
´sica, Ins i u o Supe io Te
´cnico, A . Ro isco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Po ugal
4Uni e sidade Fe nando Pessoa, P ac¸a 9 de Ab il, 4200 Po o, Po ugal
共Recei ed 4 Sep embe 2001; published 12 Decembe 2001兲
The applica ion o a ecen ly p oposed p ocedu e o disc e izing he con inuum o collision p ocesses
in ol ing weakly bound nuclei is s udied. In pa icula , he coupling o b eakup s a es in he collision o d
⫹208 Pb a 50 MeV is discussed. Fo illus a i e pu poses, only he s-wa e componen o he bound s a e o he
deu e on is conside ed, and he s udy is es ic ed o he case o nuclea s-wa e b eakup. The con inuum
disc e iza ion p ocedu e p o ides a basis o ans o med ha monic oscilla o wa e unc ions o accomplish he
necessa y calcula ions. App op ia e con e gence o he elas ic and b eakup c oss sec ions wi h inc easing
dimension o he basis is epo ed. In addi ion, i is shown ha he esul s ob ained con e ge o hose o a
s anda d con inuum disc e ized coupled channels calcula ion, wi h he ad an age ha he con e gence o he
me hod is de e mined by only one pa ame e , namely he dimension o he basis.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRe C.65.011602 PACS numbe 共s兲: 24.10.Eq, 25.10.⫹s, 25.45.De, 25.60.Gc
The de elopmen o adioac i e beam acili ies has shed
ligh on a a ie y o new nuclea s uc u e p oblems 关1兴
which include neu on and p o on ich nuclei close o he
d ip lines, and in pa icula halo nuclei. Gi en ha hese a e
weakly bound sys ems, hei modeling should necessa ily in-
clude in some way he con inuum pa o he spec um. This
becomes essen ial when s udying nuclea collisions, whe e
he inclusion o he coupling o b eakup channels is no only
necessa y o he desc ip ion o p ocesses leading o ag-
men a ion, bu also when dealing wi h elas ic sca e ing o
ans e eac ions.
Reac ion calcula ions whe e b eakup couplings a e in-
cluded ha e he addi ional complica ion ha b eakup s a es
a e no squa e-no malizable. This p oblem is gene ally su -
moun ed eplacing he s a es in he con inuum by a ini e se
o no malized s a es, and p o ing ha he calcula ion o sca -
e ing obse ables in he ini e basis con e ges when inc eas-
ing he numbe o s a es conside ed, o when modi ying he
pa ame e s which de ine he no malized s a es.
Se e al p ocedu es ha e been de eloped o ob ain a ini e
basis o no malized s a es which desc ibes he con inuum.
One o he mos widely used o hese app oaches is he
me hod o con inuum disc e iza ion coupled channels
共CDCC兲关2兴. I consis s in disc e izing he con inuum by
means o aking ixed in e als, o bins, o k alues. Each bin
is cha ac e ized by a single adial wa e unc ion, which is
ob ained as an a e age o he con inuum wa e unc ions o e
he bin. In his a e aged adial wa e unc ion, he oscilla-
ions o he di e en componen s end o cancel beyond a
ce ain dis ance, and so he bin adial wa e unc ion becomes
no malizable. Fo mally, he CDCC me hod equi es he so-
lu ion o he Sch o
¨dinge equa ion o all 共o , a leas , many兲
ene gies in he con inuum as a p e ious equi emen o cal-
cula e he bin wa e unc ions. Thus a p ac ical CDCC calcu-
la ion equi es o ix he maximum k alue conside ed and
he in e al ⌬ko he bins, so ha he numbe o bins is
gi en by M⫽kmax /⌬k. To demons a e con e gence in a
CDCC calcula ion one has o show ha he sca e ing mag-
ni udes a e no modi ied wi h inc easing maximum ene gy
(kmax) o dec easing he in e al ⌬k. Howe e , when ⌬kis
made smalle , he adius a which he bin wa e unc ions
anish becomes la ge , inc easing he ange o he coupling
po en ial. As a consequence, CDCC calcula ions a e ypically
e y ime consuming. In addi ion, as bo h ⌬kand kmax pa-
ame ize he basis, demons a ing con e gence is by no
means i ial 共see 关3兴 o a ecen s udy o he con e gence
wi hin CDCC兲. Despi e hese di icul ies, he me hod has
been success ully applied o a la ge numbe o nuclea eac-
ions and is one o he mos eliable app oaches o eac ions
in ol ing bina y composi e sys ems.
We ha e ecen ly p oposed he use o a ans o med ha -
monic oscilla o 共THO兲basis as an al e na i e o desc ibe he
e ec o he con inuum 关4,5兴. In Re . 关4兴some applica ions
o simple one-dimensional p oblems a e p esen ed and i is
shown ha , as he numbe o s a es in he THO basis in-
c eases, he eigens a es appea densely packed close o he
b eakup h eshold, al hough some o hem lie a highe ene -
gies. Besides, i is shown ha global s uc u e magni udes
ela ed o he coupling o he con inuum, such as sum ules,
a e e y accu a ely desc ibed using ela i ely small THO ba-
sis s a es. In Re . 关5兴 his s udy was ex ended o he mo e
ealis ic case o he deu e on, showing simila esul s o he
one-dimensional case. In he p esen wo k, we show ha he
same ideas can be use ul in he s udy o nuclea collisions
in ol ing weakly bound nuclei.
In he case o a h ee-dimensional p oblem unde cen al
o ces, he ele an pa o he wa e unc ion is he adial
one, ha can be w i en as R( )⫽
␾
( )/ . In he ollowing
when e e ing o he wa e unc ion we always mean he
adial unc ion
␾
( ). The basic idea o he me hod p esen ed
in Re . 关4兴is o de ine a local scale ans o ma ion 关6兴which
con e s he g ound s a e wa e unc ion o a bound nucleus
*P esen add ess: Cen e o Theo e ical Physics, Yale Uni e si y,
New Ha en, CT 06520-8120.
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␾
b( ) in o a ha monic oscilla o wa e unc ion
␾
0
HO(s). The
unc ion s( ), which de ines he local scale ans o ma ion, is
gi en by
冕
0
兩
␾
b共 ⬘兲
兩
2d ⬘⫽e 共s兲⫺2sexp共⫺s2兲
冑
␲
.共1兲
Nex , one gene a es a se o o hogonal wa e unc ions mul-
iplying he g ound s a e wa e unc ion by he app op ia e
polynomials Pn„s( )…,
␾
n
THO共 兲⫽Pn„s共 兲…
␾
b共 兲,共2兲
such ha he s a e wi h n⫽0 coincides wi h he g ound s a e,
and he s a es wi h n⬎0 desc ibe he con inuum, o o he
bound s a es i hey exis . F om he h ee-dimensional HO
wa e unc ions 关7兴
Pn共s兲⫽
␲
1/4
2兺
k⫽0
N
␣
nks2k,共3兲
␣
nk⫽共⫺1兲k
k!
冑
2共n!兲⌫共n⫹3/2兲
共n⫺k兲!⌫共k⫹3/2兲.共4兲
Finally, one diagonalizes he Hamil onian ma ix using a i-
ni e basis o THO s a es: he esul ing posi i e ene gy eigen-
s a es a e aken as con inuum wa e unc ions. He ea e N
deno es he numbe o con inuum s a es ob ained a e diago-
naliza ion, hus he THO basis dimension is N⫹1.
The aim o his wo k is o in es iga e he adequacy o he
THO basis o desc ibing he e ec o coupling o b eakup
s a es in nuclea eac ions. Fo his pu pose, we ha e consid-
e ed a es case whe e he coupling o he con inuum is el-
e an : he elas ic sca e ing and b eakup o d⫹208 Pb a 50
MeV. In o de o s udy his p ocess wo ing edien s a e
needed: he p o on-neu on in e ac ion and he in e ac ion o
he p ojec ile cons i uen s wi h he a ge . A his s age, we
do no in end o do a ull calcula ion o he e ec s o deu-
e on b eakup no compa e wi h he expe imen al da a bu o
show ha he THO disc e iza ion me hod is an adequa e he-
o e ical ool o he modeling o eac ions in ol ing weakly-
bound nuclei. As an illus a ion, we conside he e a simple
heo e ical scena io: he deu e on is aken o be a pu e ss a e,
he e ec o Coulomb b eakup is neglec ed, and he nuclea
in e ac ion o he p o on and neu on wi h he a ge induce
he coupling o s-wa es b eakup s a es only. Wi hin hese
es ic ions, we pe o m a con e gence s udy o he THO
me hod and compa e wi h he CDCC me hod. The ealis ic
case, whe e he dcomponen is inco po a ed in he g ound
s a e o he deu e on, and bo h Coulomb and nuclea b eakup
o l⫽0 s a es a e coupled in, will be p esen ed in a mo e
ex ensi e publica ion.
Conce ning he s uc u e o he p ojec ile, we desc ibe he
p o on-neu on in e ac ion by means o a Poeschl-Telle po-
en ial,
V共 兲⫽⫺D1
cosh2共
␣
兲,共5兲
wi h dep h 共D兲and ange (
␣
) adjus ed o ep oduce he deu-
e on binding ene gy and mean squa e adius: D
⫽102.85 MeV and
␣
⫽0.9407 m⫺1. A ep esen a ion o
his po en ial is shown in he inse o Fig. 1. The use o his
po en ial p o ides an analy ic g ound s a e wa e unc ion o
he deu e on, which is con enien , al hough no essen ial, o
he calcula ions in he THO basis. The in e ac ion o p o on
and neu on wi h he a ge is aken om he Becche i-
G eenless pa ame iza ion 关8兴, e alua ed a hal o he deu-
e on inciden ene gy.As men ioned abo e, only he coupling
o s-wa e b eakup s a es is conside ed.
Once he g ound s a e adial wa e unc ion is ob ained by
sol ing he Sch o
¨dinge equa ion wi h he app op ia e po en-
ial, Eq. 共5兲in ou case, he unc ion de ining he local scale
ans o ma ion is ob ained by di ec in eg a ion o Eq. 共1兲.
Wi h hese wo ing edien s he THO wa e unc ions can be
gene a ed by using Eq. 共2兲. In Fig. 1 we p esen he THO
basis unc ions, om n⫽0 on⫽5. The wa e unc ion wi h
n⫽0 is he exac wa e unc ion co esponding o he only
bound s a e o he deu e on. I is obse ed ha , as he num-
be o nodes 共n兲inc eases, he wa e unc ions ex end o
la ge dis ances, bu hey all show a smoo h beha io and
decay exponen ially. In p inciple he THO basis is in ini e
bu one can unca e i o a ini e dimension and s udy he
con e gence o di e en obse ables as a unc ion o his
dimension. In he p esen case, he in e nal deu e on Hamil-
onian is diagonalized in a unca ed basis and p o ides a
ini e se o no malized eigens a es which desc ibe app oxi-
ma ely he con inuum. As in he CDCC, he p ocedu e is
use ul only i he numbe o con inuum s a es necessa y o
p o ide a good app oxima ion o he con e ged esul is
small enough. I is wo h o s ess ha uniquely he n⫽0
basis wa e unc ion is an eigens a e o he Hamil onian,
whe eas he n⫽0 basis s a es a e no . Consequen ly he s a e
n⫽0 is decoupled om he o he s a es included in he basis.
In Fig. 2 he eigens a es o he Hamil onian o he case o
a unca ed basis o six s a es (N⫽5) a e plo ed. I can be
FIG. 1. Radial THO wa e unc ions,
␾
n
THO( ), wi h n⫽0 on
⫽5, ob ained by means o he local scale ans o ma ion 共1兲. The
deu e on g ound s a e wa e unc ion (n⫽0) is he solu ion o he
Poeschl-Telle po en ial ske ched in he inse , wi h pa ame e s ha
ep oduce he deu e on binding ene gy 共ma ked wi h dashed line兲
and i s oo -mean-squa e adius.
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no ed ha he ange o hese
␾
k( ) wa e unc ions is de e -
mined by he ange o he las s a e included in he THO
basis. All eigen unc ions o he Hamil onian p esen a
smoo h beha io and a e no malized.
In Fig. 3 we p esen he ene gies o he deu e on Hamil-
onian diagonalized in a THO basis as a unc ion o he basis
dimension. One can e i y ha he ene gy densi y o hese
s a es is highe close o he b eakup h eshold.
An a ac i e ea u e o his me hod is ha he only e-
qui emen o cons uc he THO basis is sol ing he Sch o
¨-
dinge equa ion o he g ound s a e, ei he analy ically o
nume ically. The THO basis is hen ob ained by means o
Eqs. 共1兲and 共2兲. As he con inuum wa e unc ions a e ob-
ained h ough he Hamil onian diagonaliza ion, hei calcu-
la ion does no equi e he in eg a ion o he Sch o
¨dinge
equa ion. Fu he mo e, he sca e ing calcula ion is equi a-
len o a s anda d coupled channels calcula ion wi h bound
s a es, whose in e nal ene gies and wa e unc ions a e gi en
by he diagonaliza ion o he deu e on Hamil onian in his
THO basis. The only disc e e pa ame e o be changed in
o de o in es iga e con e gence is he numbe o s a es o be
included in he basis. Using his inpu , we sol e he coupled
channels calcula ions using he compu e code FRESCO 关9兴.
In Table I we p esen he esul s o a s anda d CDCC
calcula ion o he o al b eakup c oss sec ion, as well as he
a e age inal exci a ion ene gy and he a e age in e se exci-
a ion ene gy, using in bo h cases he b eakup c oss sec ions
as weigh s. We ha e kep ixed he maximum exci a ion en-
e gy a 30 MeV and ha e done calcula ions a ying he num-
be o con inuum bins and, acco dingly, he bin size ⌬k.
In Table II we p esen he same obse ables as in Table I,
bu now using he THO me hod. I is ound ha he con e -
gence wi h espec o he numbe o s a es is e y sa is ac-
o y. Taking he esul s o N⫽10 as e e ence, we ind ha
he THO calcula ions wi h ou , six, and eigh con inuum
s a es gi e simila esul s. E en he THO calcula ion wi h
jus wo con inuum s a es gi es as easonable an es ima e as
he co esponding CDCC.
An unusual ea u e o he THO me hod is ha he diago-
naliza ion o he in e nal Hamil onian in he THO basis may
gi e ise o closed channels, i.e., s a es wi h exci a ion ene -
gies la ge han he sca e ing ene gy. Al hough hese s a es
do no con ibu e di ec ly o he ou going lux, hey migh be
signi ican ly exci ed in he p oximi y o he a ge , hus a -
FIG. 2. Radial eigen unc ions o he Po
¨schl-Telle Hamil onian,
␾
k( ), wi h k⫽0 ok⫽5, ob ained by diagonalizing he Poeschl-
Telle Hamil onian in a six-dimensional THO basis.
FIG. 3. G ound s a e and con inuum ene gies ob ained upon
diagonalizing he deu e on Hamil onian as a unc ion o he dimen-
sion o he THO basis (N⫹1). No e ha o N⬎5 he las s a e is
ou o scale.
TABLE I. Con e gence o he b eakup c oss sec ion (
␴
bu), a -
e age exci a ion ene gy (
具
⑀
⫺
⑀
0
典
), and a e age in e se exci a ion
ene gy 关
具
(
⑀
⫺
⑀
0)⫺1
典
兴in he CDCC calcula ion, wi h espec o he
numbe o con inuum bins (M). All calcula ions we e pe o med
keeping kmax⫽0.85 m⫺1共co esponding o a maximum exci a ion
ene gy o
⑀
max⫽30 MeV) and using a di e en numbe o con-
inuum bins.
M
␴
bu
具
⑀
⫺
⑀
0
典具
(
⑀
⫺
⑀
0)⫺1
典
共mb兲共MeV兲(MeV⫺1)
2 86.8 6.20 0.166
4 86.1 5.81 0.219
6 87.0 5.85 0.222
8 84.8 5.94 0.224
10 82.5 6.04 0.223
12 81.8 6.07 0.224
TABLE II. Calcula ed o al b eakup c oss sec ion (
␴
bu), a e -
age exci a ion ene gy (
具
⑀
⫺
⑀
0
典
), and a e age in e se exci a ion en-
e gy 关
具
(
⑀
⫺
⑀
0)⫺1
典
兴, using he THO basis, o di e en choices o
he numbe o con inuum s a es (N). The column Ncoup indica es
he numbe o con inuum s a es which a e coupled oge he in he
coupled channels calcula ion.
NN
coup
␴
bu
具
⑀
⫺
⑀
0
典具
(
⑀
⫺
⑀
0)⫺1
典
共mb兲共MeV兲共MeV⫺1)
2 2 89.2 3.98 0.273
4 3 83.8 5.48 0.231
6 5 84.0 5.46 0.226
8 7 83.5 5.66 0.224
10 8 83.5 5.85 0.220
10 10 82.8 5.87 0.221
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ec ing he elas ic and b eakup c oss sec ions. The di ec
me hod o sol ing di e en ial equa ions used in FRESCO is
nume ically uns able o hese s a es wi h high exci a ion en-
e gies. The e o e, in o de o in es iga e he impo ance o
hese s a es, R-ma ix coupled channel calcula ions we e pe -
o med. We ound ha s a es wi h exci a ion ene gies abo e
30 MeV play a mino ole and, consequen ly, closed chan-
nels do no a ec he sca e ing obse ables o his eac ion.
Wi h he excep ion o he las ow, he calcula ions p esen ed
in Table II a e pe o med excluding he coupling o closed
channels. The numbe o s a es which a e coupled in each
case is indica ed by he ow labeled Ncoup .
In Fig. 4 we compa e he elas ic di e en ial c oss sec ions
ob ained wi hin he CDCC app oach (
⑀
max⫽30 MeV and
M⫽10 bins o uni o m wid h in k) and he co esponding
THO esul s o N⫽10 共dashed line兲. I is obse ed ha he
ag eemen be ween bo h calcula ions is excellen . We also
p esen he esul o a minimal THO calcula ion, including
only wo s a es 共do ed-dashed line兲. We see ha his e y
schema ic calcula ion does indeed desc ibe he e ec o cou-
pling o he con inuum easonably well. As an illus a ion o
he ele ance o b eakup s a es in he elas ic sca e ing, we
ha e also included he calcula ion wi h he olded po en ial,
i.e., igno ing he coupling o he b eakup channels.
In Fig. 5 he b eakup c oss sec ion as a unc ion o he
exci a ion ene gy o he deu e on is depic ed o he CDCC
and THO app oaches. In he THO me hod, we p esen esul s
wi h wo di e en numbe s o basis s a es, N⫽8共open
ci cles兲and N⫽10 共 illed ci cles兲, in o de o show he con-
e gence o he esul s. In he CDCC case, i is ob ained
di iding he c oss sec ion o each bin by he wid h o he
bin. In he THO case, i is ob ained di iding he c oss sec ion
o each con inuum s a e, co esponding o an ene gy
⑀
iby an
ene gy wid h which is gi en by (
⑀
i⫹1⫺
⑀
i⫺1)/2. The consis-
ency be ween he THO calcula ions wi h di e en numbe s
o s a es and he CDCC calcula ion indica es he alidi y o
he THO me hod o calcula e b eakup exci a ion unc ions.
A ea u e o he THO me hod is ha i p o ides a de ailed
desc ip ion o he con inuum in he low ene gy egion whe e
b eakup is mo e ele an . We ha e checked ha , changing
he deu e on Hamil onian o dec ease 共inc ease兲 he binding
ene gy, hen he b eakup s eng h mo es o lowe 共highe 兲
ene gies, and so do he eigen alues o he Hamil onian in he
THO basis. To achie e his in a CDCC calcula ion, one
needs o adjus he bin size by hand.
In Fig. 6 we show he angula dis ibu ion o he b eakup
c oss sec ion. The THO calcula ion wi h N⫽10 s a es is in
good ag eemen wi h he CDCC calcula ion, especially a
o wa d angles o which he c oss sec ions a e mos impo -
an . The THO calcula ion wi h N⫽2 s a es p o ides a ea-
sonable app oxima ion o he con e ged esul .
FIG. 4. Elas ic di e en ial c oss sec ion angula dis ibu ion as a
a io o Ru he o d c oss sec ion o he eac ion d⫹Pb a 50 MeV.
All calcula ions we e pe o med wi h he Becche i-G eenless p e-
sc ip ion o he p o on- a ge and neu on- a ge op ical po en ials.
FIG. 5. B eakup c oss sec ion as a unc ion o he p o on-
neu on ela i e ene gy in he ou going channel, o he eac ion d
⫹Pb a 50 MeV. The CDCC calcula ion wi h en con inuum bins o
uni o m size in k, up o a maximum exci a ion ene gy o
⑀
max
⫽30 MeV is compa ed wi h wo calcula ions using he THO basis
wi h N⫽8 and N⫽10 s a es.
FIG. 6. B eakup c oss sec ion as a unc ion o he deu e on
cen e -o -mass sca e ing angle, o he eac ion d⫹Pb a 50 MeV.
The CDCC calcula ion wi h en con inuum bins o uni o m size in
k, up o a maximum exci a ion ene gy o
⑀
max⫽30 MeV is com-
pa ed wi h wo calcula ions using he THO basis wi h N⫽2 and
N⫽10 s a es.
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In conclusion, we ha e shown in his Rapid Communica-
ion ha he con inuum disc e iza ion me hod p oposed in
Re . 关4兴can be applied o p oblems o cu en in e es in
nuclea physics, in pa icula o he case o collisions in ol -
ing weakly bound nuclei. The only p e ious equi emen o
he applica ion o he me hod is he knowledge o he g ound
s a e wa e unc ion o he nucleus, ei he in an analy ical o
nume ical o m. Then, Eqs. 共1兲and 共2兲p o ide he THO
basis which can be used o diagonalize he nuclea Hamil-
onian. We ha e pe o med a se ies o schema ic calcula ions
o he case o he d⫹208 Pb elas ic sca e ing and b eakup
a 50 MeV. The compa ison o THO and CDCC esul s has
demons a ed he alidi y o he i s me hod and has shown
ha he THO disc e iza ion me hod wo ks p ope ly e en
hough he basis is unca ed o e y ew s a es. One o he
g ea es ad an ages o he THO me hod is ha i au oma i-
cally dis ibu es he basis s a es in he ele an ene gy e-
gions o he con inuum, o e ing an easy, compu a ionally
e icien , al e na i e o he s anda d CDCC me hod.
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