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Nuclear Physics A

Volume 291, Issue 2, 14 November 1977, Pages 342-354
Nuclear Physics A

Center-of-mass corrections to overlap factors for two-nucleon transfer

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Abstract

The following simple recipe is presented for making c.m. corrections to the overlap factors involved in two-nucleon transfer: Expand the shell-model overlap in products of harmonic oscillator wave functions of the relative and c.m. coordinates of the two nucleons. Change the oscillator ν-value to (A + 2) in the c.m. functions, and multiply each term in the sum by [(A + 2)A]12N, where N is the energy quantum number associated with the c.m. state of that term. The recipe depends on the value of ν used in the expansion. The proper choice of ν is discussed, and numerical examples are presented which indicate the magnitude of the correction. The zero-range form factor for two-neutron stripping on 16O is increased by a factor of about two, or more, in the surface region, resulting in a factor of about five in the cross section. The correction is greater at larger distances, implying that heavy-ion reactions will be effected more than light ion reactions.

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