Eur. Phys. J. A (2007) 33: 65-69
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2007-10412-8

Regular Article - Heavy Ion Physics

Calculation of the Coulomb potential between spherical-deformed and deformed-deformed nuclei using the Monte Carlo method

¹ Sciences Faculty, Department of Physics, University of Mazandaran, P.O. Box 47416-1467, Babolsar, Iran
² Physics Group, University of Payam Noor, 433, Mashad, Iran

^* e-mail: o.nghodsi@umz.ac.ir

Received: 5 May 2007
Accepted: 25 June 2007
Published online: 27 July 2007

Abstract

The Coulomb potential between spherical-deformed and deformed-deformed nuclei has been calculated using the Monte Carlo simulation. The results obtained for the Coulomb potential in the

¹⁶O$ + $²³⁸U

and

²⁷Al$ + $⁷⁰Ge

reactions are in good agreement with those obtained using the double-folding method. The simulation technique employed here has the ability of calculating the Coulomb potential taking into account the finite diffuseness parameter, all the possible deformation degrees of freedom, and different orientations of the symmetry axes of the target and the projectile nuclei with respect to each other. The accuracy of this simulation technique is high and the computer time taken to do these calculations is much less than those of the double-folding method.