Abstract
We estimate the influence of thermal fluctuations in heavy-ion induced deep inelastic and fusion reactions by means of a one-dimensional Fokker-Planck equation. Approximating the fusion barrier by an inverted harmonic oscillator, we find an expression for the range of angular momenta ΔJ over which the transmission coefficient falls from 1 to 0. Numerically, ΔJ is fairly but not insignificant, and becomes larger for incident energies near the barrier.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 417-419 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physics Letters B |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 29 Sep 1975 |
| Externally published | Yes |