Determination of minimum impact parameter by modified touching spheres schemes for intermediate energy Coulomb excitation experiments

摘要

The energy-independent touching spheres schemes commonly used for the determination of the safe minimum value of the impact parameter for Coulomb excitation experiments are modified through the inclusion of an energy-dependent term. The touching spheres+3 fm scheme after modification emerges out to be the best one while touching spheres+4 fm scheme is found to be better in its unmodified form.