Strong absorption model and its associated potential

Abstract

Using the example of -20812Pb elastic scattering at Elab=1449 MeV it is shown that, at sufficiently high energies, a full quantum mechanical inversion of heavy-ion scattering data can be performed. Furthermore it is pointed out that the strong absorption model as parametrized by McIntyre, Wang, and Becker is associated with a potential having strong repulsion at the origin. That repulsion is a remnant of the built-in point Coulomb S matrix. Finally, a systematic study is presented to define the necessary accuracy of experiment required to extend the knowledge of the nucleus-nucleus interaction to smaller radii. © 1992 The American Physical Society.