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Role of cluster configurations in the elastic scattering of light projectiles on \(^{58}\)Ni and \(^{64}\)Zn targets: a phenomenological analysis

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Motivated by the strong synergy between structure and nuclear reactions we have performed a phenomenological analysis using available elastic scattering data for collisions of tightly-bound (\(^{10}\hbox {Be}\), \(^{10}\hbox {B}\), \(^{10}\hbox {C}\), \(^{11}\hbox {B}\), \(^{12}\hbox {C}\), \(^{16}\hbox {O}\)), weakly-bound (\(^6\hbox {Li}\), \(^7\hbox {Li}\), \(^8\hbox {Li}\), \(^9\hbox {Be}\)), and exotic (\(^6\hbox {He}\), \(^{8}\hbox {B}\) and \(^{11}\hbox {Be}\)) nuclei on \(^{58}\hbox {Ni}\) and \(^{64}\hbox {Zn}\) targets at energies close to the Coulomb barrier. After a proper reduction, the cluster configuration and dynamics effects in the total reaction cross section are discussed. Also, an approach based on the interaction distances is used to investigate static and dynamic effects in the elastic scattering of light nuclei. A correlation between the critical interaction distance and binding energy for a given configuration is observed.

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. [Authors’ comment: No new experimental data were presented in this paper. The data were obtained from the EXFOR data library or from the original published papers as indicated in Tables 1 and 4.]

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The authors would like to thank São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) (Grants 2016/17612-7, 2018/18241-8, 2019/07767-1), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico (CNPq) (Grant 304961/2017-5) and PNPD/CAPES 88887.475459/2020-00 for the financial support. The authors also thank INCT-FNA (Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia- Física Nuclear e Aplicações, research project 464898/2014-5). E. F. A. would like to thank CONACyT for partial support (Grant no. CB-01-254619).

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Guimarães, V., Cardozo, E.N., Lubian, J. et al. Role of cluster configurations in the elastic scattering of light projectiles on \(^{58}\)Ni and \(^{64}\)Zn targets: a phenomenological analysis. Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 90 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00403-0

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