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Determination of the effective 12C + 12C potential from the sub-Coulomb single-particle resonances
(1974)
The sub-Coulomb resonances observed in the total reaction yield of the 12C + 12C system at 4.9, 5.6, and 6.2 MeV are explained as single-particle resonances. The "true" effective 12C + 12C potential is determined directly as the real potential which reproduces best the position and the spacing of the observed sub-Coulomb resonances. This potential is found from a parametrization of the two limiting adiabatic and sudden potentials.
It is shown that nuclear matter is compressed during the encounter of heavy ions. If the relative velocity of the nuclei is larger than the velocity of first sound in nuclear matter (compression sound for isospin T=0), nuclear shock waves occur. They lead to densities which are 3-5 times higher than the nuclear equilibrium density ρ0, depending on the energy of the nuclei. The implications of this phenomenon are discussed.