Isobar contributions to the imaginary part of the optical-model potential for finite nuclei

1993
31 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 551 (1993) 580-610
  • Published: 1993

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A recently developed non-relativistic method for calculating the nucleon optical-model potential has been employed to evaluate the contributions from isobaric degrees of freedom to the imaginary part of the nucleon optical-model potential. To evaluate the imaginary part of the optical-model potential, we include the contributions from terms to second order in the Brueckner G -matrix with and without the inclusion of isobars Δ. Results for 16 O are presented in this work. The contributions to the imaginary part are given by the two-particle-one-hole (2p1h) and three-particle-two-hole (3p2h) diagrams. The latter contributes at negative energies only and the contribution from isobar intermediate states is rather small. The 2p1h diagram receives significant contributions from isobars at energies near the resonance and above the threshold for the excitation of ΔΔ states. In particular the importance of ΔΔ configurations is rather sensitive to the treatment of short-range correlations. The parameterization of the self-energy in terms of local potentials is discussed. The depletion of the occupation of the single-particle orbits due to nucleon-nucleon correlations and Δ-excitations is evaluated.