Subbarrier fusion of spherical nuclei of intermediate atomic number

A two-humped model was proposed for explaining the suppression of the cross sections for the deep-subbarrier fusion of spherical nuclei that have intermediate atomic numbers. It was shown that the suppression of these cross sections was due to the interference between the incident and reflected fluxes between the two barriers. The results of fitting the cross sections calculated within the two-humped model revealed the invariability of the distance between the vertices of the two barriers. As the charges of colliding nuclei increase, the inner barrier becomes higher than the outer one, and this determines the competition with cross sections for deep-inelastic-transfer reactions.