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Study on deuteron formation mechanism in nucleon-induced reactions

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The mechanism of deuteron formation in neutron-induced reactions is studied within the framework of the isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics model, using the GEMINI code. The influence of the \(\hbox {n}\,+\,\hbox {p}\,\rightarrow \,\hbox {d}\) reaction channel is investigated by analyzing the deuteron production cross sections in the neutron-induced reactions \(^{12}\)C(n,d), \(^{16}\)O(n,d), and \(^{28}\)Si(n,d), with incident energies of 20–100 MeV. By including the \(\hbox {n}\,+\,\hbox {p}\,\rightarrow \,\hbox {d}\) reaction channel when modeling the collision, the deuteron production cross sections increase, optimizing the cross-section results and bringing them closer to the experimental data values. This indicates that the \(\hbox {n}\,+\,\hbox {p}\,\rightarrow \,\hbox {d}\) reaction channel is an important mechanism for enhancing deuteron production.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11875328 and U1832182), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (No. 18zxxt65), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (19lgpy306 and 18lgpy87).

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He, YJ., Guo, CC., Su, J. et al. Study on deuteron formation mechanism in nucleon-induced reactions. NUCL SCI TECH 31, 84 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-020-00788-5

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