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In this paper a “pedagogical” description of the scattering of two colliding nuclei is given. Some essential concepts are introduced, like the cross-section definition and the basic ingredients of scattering theory, which are preparatory for the discussion on the optical model. Phenomenological optical potentials are described, like the Woods-Saxon and the double-folding potential, highlighting their limits and the modifications that have been introduced in order to explain the new features that have emerged from experimental data with radioactive beams.
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Di Pietro, A. Phenomenological optical potentials. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 133, 404 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12280-x
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