Two-neutron transfer analysis of theO16(O18,O16)O18reaction

Abstract

Recently a quantitative description of the two-neutron transfer reaction $^{12}\mathrm{C}(^{18}\mathrm{O},^{16}\mathrm{O})^{14}\mathrm{C}$ was performed and the measured cross sections were successfully reproduced [M. Cavallaro et al., Phys. Rev. C 88, 054601 (2013)]. This task was accomplished by combining nuclear structure calculations of spectroscopic amplitudes and a full quantum description of the reaction mechanism. Verification of such a theoretical approach to other heavy nuclear systems is mandatory in order to use ($^{18}\mathrm{O},^{16}\mathrm{O}$) reactions to assess pair configurations in nuclear states. In this work we apply this methodology to the $^{16}\mathrm{O}(^{18}\mathrm{O},^{16}\mathrm{O})^{18}\mathrm{O}$ reaction at 84 MeV. Experimental angular distributions for the two-neutron transfer to the ground state and ${2}_{1}^{+}$ state of $^{18}\mathrm{O}$ were obtained using the MAGNEX spectrometer at INFN-LNS. The roles of one- and two-step processes are analyzed under the exact finite range coupled reaction channel and the second order distorted wave Born approximation. We conclude that the one-step transfer mechanism is dominant in this system.