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V. O. Nesterov^*, O. I. Davydovska, V. Yu. Denisov

Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

^*Corresponding author. E-mail address: v.nest.v@gmail.com

Abstract: The nucleus-nucleus potentials for the ¹⁶O + ⁵⁶Fe and ⁴⁰Ca + ⁴⁰Ca reactions are calculated in the framework of the modified Thomas - Fermi method with the Skyrme energy density functional. Using these potentials, the cross-sections of sub-barrier fusion and elastic scattering are obtained, which are in good agreement with the experimental data.

Keywords: nucleus-nucleus interaction potential, modified Thomas - Fermi method, sub-barrier fusion cross-section, elastic scattering.

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