28Si + 28Si elastic scattering at energies above the Coulomb barrier

Abstract

A relatively simple procedure has been used to calculate the differential cross sections for 28Si + 28Si elastic scattering at Elab = 67, 74, 77, and 120 MeV. The nuclear interactions have been calculated microscopically using the equivalence relation between the matrix elements of the generator coordinate and the resonating group methods from the two-nucleon potential, which explains the two-nucleon data fairly well. The absorption effects due to the opening of the nonelastic channels are taken into account approximately by the classical sharp cutoff of partial waves. The calculated results are in quite good agreement with the available experimental data at most of these energies.