Systematic extraction of the strong absorption distance and Coulomb barrier from elastic scattering

The reduced strong absorption distance d_(S) and Coulomb barrier height V_(B) are extracted from the quarter-point recipe from a series of experimental elastic scattering angle distributions.The nuclei with different binding energies are systematically studied as the projectile,including the tightly bound,weakly bound,and halo nuclei.It is found that the mean d_(S) for halo nuclei is significantly larger than that of tightly and weakly bound nuclei.The complex behavior of d_(S) regarding the binding energy and properties of the target is observed for halo nuclei.The linear relationship of the reduced distance with system size may be used to estimate the Coulomb barrier radius R_(B),which is difficult to obtain from fusion reactions.The rule of V_(B) concerning the Coulomb parameter z is in agreement with other theoretical barrier laws extracted from the fusion reaction.Furthermore,the reason why the binding energy or deformation has little effect on the linear relationship of V_(B) as a function of z is clarified.