Shinsuke Nakayama | Searcharxiv

arXiv2024

Difference in peripherality of the inclusive (p, p'x) and (d, d'x) reactions and its implications for phenomenological reaction model

Previous studies have revealed the importance of introducing surface correction into a phenomenological model for inclusive (n, n'x) and (p, p'x) reactions. These findings have contributed significantly to the improvement of nuclear data evaluation. However, the necessity for the surface correction in an inclusive (d, d'x) reaction has hardly been investigated. The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference in the peripherality of the (p, p'x) and (d, d'x) reactions by a theoretical analysis using a quantum mechanical model, and to obtain a theoretical basis on the surface correction in the (d, d'x) reaction. The energy spectra and their radial distributions for the (p, p'x) and (d, d'x) reactions are calculated by the one-step semiclassical distorted wave model. The radial distribution of the energy spectra for the (d, d'x) reaction is shifted toward the outer region of the nucleus compared to the (p, p'x) reaction. Based on this finding, we consider a larger surface correction into a phenomenological model for the (d, d'x) reaction than that for the (p, p'x) reaction, and calculated values reproduce the experimental (d, d'x) spectra well. The peripherality of the (d, d'x) reaction is more prominent than that of the (p, p'x) reaction. The stronger surface correction thus should be introduced for the (d, d'x) reaction than for the (p, p'x) reaction.

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arXiv2018

Role of breakup processes in deuteron-induced spallation reactions at 100-200 MeV/nucleon

Use of deuteron-induced spallation reactions at intermediate energies has recently been proposed for transmutation of several long-lived fission products (LLFPs). In the design study of a transmutation system using a deuteron primary beam, accurate cross section data of deuteron-induced reactions on the LLFPs are indispensable. Reliable model predictions play an important role in completing the necessary cross section data since currently available experimental data are very limited. Under the circumstances, we have been developing a code system dedicated for deuteron-induced reactions, which is called DEURACS. Aiming to predict the production cross sections of residual nuclei, the purpose of the present work is to clarify a role of deuteron breakup processes in deuteron-induced spallation reactions at intermediate energies. Isotopic production cross sections of residual nuclei in the deuteron-induced reactions on 93Zr and 107Pd at 100-200 MeV/nucleon are analyzed using DEURACS, in which the breakup processes are explicitly taken into account. The calculated cross sections are decomposed into individual components corresponding to the absorption of either neutron or proton in the incident deuteron, or the deuteron itself. The calculated cross sections reproduced the experimental data well over a wide mass number range of residual nuclei. From a component-by-component analysis, it was found that the components of nucleon absorption have the significant contributions to the production of residual nuclei. Consideration of the breakup processes is essential to predict the production cross sections of residual nuclei in deuteron-induced reactions. The framework of DEURACS is applicable to deuteron-induced spallation reactions at intermediate energies.

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