marley::OpticalModel Class Reference

Abstract base class for nuclear optical model implementations. More...

#include <OpticalModel.hh>

Inheritance diagram for marley::OpticalModel:

Public Member Functions
	OpticalModel (int Z, int A)
int	A () const
	Get the mass number.
virtual std::complex< double >	optical_model_potential (double r, double fragment_KE_lab, int fragment_pdg, int two_j, int l, int two_s, int target_charge=0)=0
	Calculate the optical model potential (including the Coulomb potential) More...
virtual double	total_cross_section (double fragment_KE_lab, int fragment_pdg, int two_s, size_t l_max, int target_charge=0)=0
	Compute the energy-averaged total cross section (MeV -2) for a nuclear fragment projectile. More...
virtual double	transmission_coefficient (double total_KE_CM, int fragment_pdg, int two_j, int l, int two_s, int target_charge=0)=0
	Calculate the transmission coefficient for a nuclear fragment. More...
int	Z () const
	Get the atomic number.

Protected Attributes
int	A_
int	Z_

Detailed Description

Abstract base class for nuclear optical model implementations.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

OpticalModel()

marley::OpticalModel::OpticalModel ( int  Z, int  A  )

inline

Parameters

Z	Atomic number of the desired nuclide
A	Mass number of the desired nuclide

Member Function Documentation

optical_model_potential()

virtual std::complex<double> marley::OpticalModel::optical_model_potential ( double  r, double  fragment_KE_lab, int  fragment_pdg, int  two_j, int  l, int  two_s, int  target_charge = 0  )

pure virtual

Calculate the optical model potential (including the Coulomb potential)

Parameters

r	Distance from nuclear center (fm)
fragment_KE_lab	Fragment kinetic energy (MeV) in the lab frame
fragment_pdg	PDG code for the nuclear fragment
two_j	Two times the total angular momentum of the fragment
l	Orbital angular momentum of the fragment
two_s	Two times the spin of the fragment
target_charge	Net charge of the target atom

Returns

Complex-valued optical model potential (MeV)

Implemented in marley::KoningDelarocheOpticalModel.

total_cross_section()

virtual double marley::OpticalModel::total_cross_section ( double  fragment_KE_lab, int  fragment_pdg, int  two_s, size_t  l_max, int  target_charge = 0  )

pure virtual

Compute the energy-averaged total cross section (MeV ^-2) for a nuclear fragment projectile.

The total cross section given here by the optical model may be directly compared to experiment. Expressions exist for the optical model elastic and reaction (absorption) cross sections, but these are hard to directly compare to the data because the absorption cross section includes the compound elastic channel.

For more details, see appendix A (especially equation A.12) of S. Gardiner, "Nuclear Effects in Neutrino Detection," PhD thesis, University of California, Davis, 2018. Note that we assume in this function that the target nucleus has zero spin (spherical optical model).

Parameters

fragment_KE_lab	Lab-frame kinetic energy of the incident projectile (MeV)
fragment_pdg	Projectile's PDG code
two_s	Two times the spin of the projectile
l_max	The maximum value of the orbital angular momentum quantum number \(\ell\) to include in the sum over S-matrix elements
target_charge	Net charge of the target atom (used to adjust the atomic mass by the appropriate number of electron masses if the target is ionized)

Returns

Energy-averaged total scattering cross section (MeV ^-2)

Implemented in marley::KoningDelarocheOpticalModel.

transmission_coefficient()

virtual double marley::OpticalModel::transmission_coefficient ( double  total_KE_CM, int  fragment_pdg, int  two_j, int  l, int  two_s, int  target_charge = 0  )

pure virtual

Calculate the transmission coefficient for a nuclear fragment.

Parameters

total_KE_CM	Total CM frame kinetic energy (MeV)
fragment_pdg	PDG code of the fragment
two_j	Two times the total angular momentum of the fragment
l	Orbital angular momentum of the fragment
two_s	Two times the spin of the fragment
target_charge	Net charge of the target atom

Implemented in marley::KoningDelarocheOpticalModel.

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