Localization in heavy-ion elastic, inelastic, and transfer reactions

Abstract

A quantitative technique for studying the localization of heavy-ion reactions in both coordinate ($r$) and angular momentum ($L$) space has been developed. A comparison of the degree of localization in elastic, inelastic, and one-particle transfer reactions is presented. For elastic scattering, the localization is studied as a function of the angular range of the data. A fully quantum mechanical relationship between $L$ and $r$ is demonstrated.