Role of Competing Transfer Channels on Charge-Exchange Reactions

Abstract

There is a recently renewed experimental and theoretical interest in studying single and double charge exchange reactions with heavy ions. We would like to discuss a preliminary theoretical study of charge exchange reactions within the Distorted Wave Born approximation (DWBA) framework. This allows us to include the effect of the different competing transfer channels in a proper way. Evidences seems to show that, under suitable conditions, the charge exchange process could reveal safely dominant, although the competition between the two mechanisms calls for further investigation.