Reaction mechanisms in the six-nucleon system with the multi-configuration resonating-group method

Abstract

The properties of the six-nucleon system are examined with a multi-configuration resonating-group method consisting of thed+α configuration, thep+5He andn+5Li configurations, and deuteron pseudo-inelastic configurations. The main purpose is to study the reaction mechanisms in this system. The results obtained are quite satisfactory, with the calculatedd+α total reaction cross sections equal to around 90% of the empirically determined values. The one-nucleon transfer process turns out to be significantly more important than the deuteron direct-breakup process; however, the latter process must still be properly taken into consideration, since it does contribute to about one third of thed+α total reaction cross section. The process of one-nucleon transfer is shown to occur mainly in the peripheral region, while the process of deuteron direct-kreakup is found to take place predominantly in the interior region of the compound nucleus. The convergence property with respect to the number of deuteron pseudo-inelastic configurations has also been investigated. Here it is found that, with the dominant configurations included, the number of such configurations required can be rather small, which is an important finding because it greatly simplifies the computational aspects of multi-configuration resonating-group calculations.