Progresses on Reactions of Weakly Bound Nuclei at Near-barrier Energies

Abstract

Reactions of weakly bound stable and unstable nuclei have been extensively investigated for several decades. Unique structural effects and breakup mechanisms of weakly bound nuclei have consistently been focal points in the research of nuclear physics, especially at energies around the Coulomb barrier. This paper will review the recent experimental researches performed by the Nuclear Reaction Group at the China Institute of Atomic Energy on weakly bound nuclear reactions in the near-barrier energy region. A anomalous threshold phenomenon in the optical potentials of the ⁶He + ²⁰⁸Bi system has been observed. Results indicate that the dispersion relation cannot describe the relation between the real part and imaginary part of the optical potential. Moreover, breakup mechanisms of stable weakly bound nuclei ^6,7Li as well as proton-rich nuclei ¹⁷F and ⁸B have been studied. The similarities and differences in breakup mechanisms and their effects are discussed.