Imaginary deuteron optical potential due to elastic and inelastic breakup

Abstract

The contributions to the reaction cross section from the elastic and inelastic breakup processes, calculated within the post-form distorted wave Born-approximation theory, are used as constraints to determine the contributions to the imaginary part of the deuteron optical potentials (IPDOP) due to the breakup channels. The Coulomb part of this potential due to the elastic breakup process is seen to account for the long range absorption in the optical potential. The nuclear parts of the IPDOP due to the elastic and inelastic breakup modes peak in different regions of the nuclear surface, with the latter being almost an order of magnitude larger than the former. This makes the IPDOP due to the breakup channels determined by us stronger than those calculated earlier ignoring the inelastic breakup mode.