Macroscopic potential-energy surfaces for
arbitrarily oriented, deformed heavy ions

Peter MÖLLER
Advanced Science Research Center,
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute,
Tokai, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
and
Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Aizu,
Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-80, Japan

Akira IWAMOTO
Advanced Science Research Center,
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute,
Tokai, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-11 Japan

A formalism suitable for numerical evaluation of finite-range liquid-drop model expressions related to the interaction energy of two arbitrarily oriented, deformed heavy ions is developed. The presentation of the formalism is organized to facilitate extensions to alternative parameterizations and energy expressions. The model is applied to specific heavy-ion collisions that illustrate the importance of a multidimensional approach in the study of complete fusion reactions. Potential-energy surfaces related to light-particle emission for heavy, deformed nuclei are also presented.
The text and the color figures are available for download.
This manuscript has been assigned Los Alamos Preprint No LA-UR-01-1646.
Peter Moller
Last modified: Tue May 22 08:55:34 MDT 2001