Email: A.koning@iaea.org 3. The optical model Prof. Dr. A.J. (Arjan) Koning1,2 1International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna 2Division of Applied Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Email: A.koning@iaea.org EXTEND European School on Experiment, Theory and Evaluation of Nuclear Data, Uppsala University, Sweden, August 29 - September 2, 2016
NC Reaction Tlj THE OPTICAL MODEL Direct (shape) elastic Direct components Elastic Fission (n,n’), (n,), (n,), etc… Inelastic NC COMPOUND NUCLEUS OPTICAL MODEL PRE-EQUILIBRIUM
Optical model potential
Optical model potential
Optical model potential
U U = V + iW THE OPTICAL MODEL Direct interaction of a projectile with a target nucleus considered as a whole Quantum model Schrödinger equation U = V + iW Complex potential: Refraction Absorption
THE OPTICAL MODEL The optical model yields : Angular distributions Transmission coefficients Integrated cross sections
Two types of approaches
TWO TYPES OF APPROACHES Phenomenological 20 adjusted parameters Weak predictive power away from stability Very precise ( 1%) Tedious parameter fitting (Semi-)microscopic Total cross sections No adjustable parameters Usable without exp. data Less precise ( 5-10 %) Quasi-automated
PHENOMENOLOGICAL OPTICAL MODEL f(r,R,a)= -1 1+exp((r-R)/a) g(r,R,a) = - df/dr
Phenomenological OMP
Standard parameterization: 0.001 – 200 MeV A.J. Koning and J.P. Delaroche, ``Local and global nucleon optical models from 1 keV to 200 MeV'', Nucl. Phys. A713 (2003) 231.
Potential depths
Local and global OMP Local OMP: parameter per nuclides Global OMP: mass dependent parametrization, e.g. KD03 OMP, Nucl. Phys. A713 (2003) 231
Neutron total cross sections
Neutron total cross sections
Neutron non-elastic cross sections
Neutron elastic scattering angular distributions
No adjustable parameters Based on nuclear structure properties SEMI-MICROSCOPIC OPTICAL MODEL No adjustable parameters Based on nuclear structure properties usable for any nucleus Less precise than the phenomenological approach
Independent of the nucleus SEMI-MICROSCOPIC OPTICAL MODEL U(r(r’),E) r(r’) Effective Interaction = U(r,E) Optical potential r(r) Radial densities Depends on the nucleus Independent of the nucleus
Sample 16: optical model for 120Sn Study impact of changing parameters talys < input >output (about 20-30 seconds) cp totalxs.tot totalxs.org Edit the input file and add the following line: rvadjust n 1.05 This means: increase the radius of the real volume potential by 5% xmgrace totalxs.tot totalxs.org (to see the difference) TALYS has 250 parameters like this (RT*M)
Towards a complete calculation for Cu-65: Optical model Copy previous sample case for Sn-120, and change into Cu-65 talys < input >output Retrieve experimental data for total cross sections from EXFOR at IAEA and compare. Sample case 16 has 4 different sub-cases, for 4 different OMP’s. See what the effect is for Cu-65 (i.e. 4 TALYS curves)