Analysis of the fusion cross sections for 16,18,20O + 12C systems at low energies

Abstract

Fusion cross section data for the 16,18,20O + 12C systems at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier are studied within the framework of the optical model. To examine these reactions, the microscopic nucleon–nucleon double folding potentials for real and imaginary parts are found. To make a comprehensive analysis of the effect of neutron-rich systems, we used three different reactions from stable to unstable systems. The microscopic nucleon–nucleon double folding potentials show very good agreement for 16,18,20O + 12C systems with a very weak imaginary potential. Also, we have obtained better agreement by using fully microscopic nucleon–nucleon double folding potentials with the 20O + 12C system’s experimental data than in previous works, but especially at low energies we still have some problems reproducing the 20O + 12C system’s fusion cross section data.