Beyond mean-field approach to heavy-ion reactions around the Coulomb barrier

Sep, 2011

Citations per year

0 Citations
Abstract: (EDP Sciences)
Dissipation and fluctuations of one-body observables in heavy-ion reactions aroundthe Coulomb barrier are investigated with a microscopic stochastic mean-fieldapproach. By projecting the stochastic meanfield dynamics on a suitablecollective path, transport coefficients associated with the relative distancebetween colliding nuclei and a fragment mass are extracted. Although microscopicmean-field approach is know to underestimate the variance of fragment massdistribution, the description of the variance is much improved by the stochasticmean-field method. While fluctuations are consistent with the empirical(semiclassical) analysis of the experimental data, concerning mean values ofmacroscopic variables the semiclassical description breaks down below theCoulomb barrier.
Note:
  • 6 pages, 6 figures. A talk given at the FUSION11, May 2-6, 2011, Saint-Malo, France