TY - JOUR A1 - Holm, Hartmut A1 - Greiner, Walter T1 - Influence of nuclear forces on the Coulomb barrier in heavy-ion reactions T2 - Physical review letters N2 - The influence of the Coulomb and nuclear forces on the Coulomb barrier in heavy-ion reactions is studied in a dynamical classical model. It is shown that the fusion barrier is smaller than the conventional Coulomb barrier of two underformed nuclei. The model yields a dynamical picture of the excitation mechanism of surface vibrations and giant resonances. It is suggested that-due to nuclear forces-the excitation of the octupole mode is strongly enhanced over the excitation of the quadrupole mode in experiments at the Coulomb barrier. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2534 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-28676 UR - http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v24/p404 VL - 24 IS - 8 SP - 404 EP - 406 ER -