Exit-channel distorting potentials in heavy-ion inelastic scattering and the equivalent bare optical potential

Abstract

The differences between the entrance and exit channel potentials used in the DWBA integral and the bare potential in the corresponding coupled-channels equations are studied analytically. The equivalent local bare potential is calculated using the plane wave prescription for the intermediate propagator. The potentials found in this way are consistent with those obtained phenomenologically from the coupled-channels calculations. The shape of the bare potential is analysed by comparing it with the elastic scattering optical potential and the differences are explained by pointing out the significant contribution of the nuclear-Coulomb cross terms. The bare potentials are used in the DWBA calculation of the heavy-ion inelastic scattering as the exit-channel distorting potential. The results are compared with the corresponding coupled-channels and conventional DWBA calculations.