Pairing effects on neutron elastic scattering at low-energies

Abstract

For the first time, a realistic microscopic calculation for low-energy neutron-nucleus elastic scattering off open-shell nuclei is carried out within the framework of particle-vibration coupling (PVC). In this study, the pairing correlations of the ground state are taken into account. The dependence of the angular distributions on the pairing gaps is discussed.

Keywords

• elastic scattering
• microscopic optical potential
• pairing correlations
• skyrme interaction