In-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section and its effect on total nuclear reaction cross section

Abstract

A phenomenological formula for in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section is presented, in which nuclear matter density and incident energy dependencies are included. This formula is used to study total nuclear reaction cross section based on Coulomb-modified Glauber model. The calculated results can reproduce experimental total reaction cross section induced by the stable nuclei and the exotic nuclei over a wide energy range.