Deuteron Optical Model Calculations for Elastic and Inelastic Reactions on 14N, 16O, 27Al Target Nuclei

Abstract

Nuclear reaction cross sections have a key role in nuclear radioisotope production research. It is also an important part of applied fields such as energy production and experimental nuclear studies. It has been the subject of theoretical studies such as elucidating the nuclear structure and preparing and testing nuclear reaction models. It has become a very useful tool, especially for determining nuclear optical model parameters. In this study differential cross sections were calculated for elastic and inelastic scattering of 14-15 MeV energy range deuterons from ¹⁴N, ¹⁶O and ²⁷Al. Calculation were carried out with TALYS 1.96/2.0 nuclear reaction code. Calculations include determining the deuteron optical model that match the experimental data.  The values calculated with theoretical models were compared with experimental data obtained from the literature. While such studies are important for testing nuclear reaction models, they are also important for encouraging the preparation of nuclear reaction codes.