Microscopic study on fusion reactions $^{40,48}\mathrm{Ca}+{}^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$ and the effect of tensor force

Abstract: We provide a microscopic description of the fusion reactions between $^{40,48}$Ca and $^{78}$Ni. The internuclear potentials are obtained using the density-constrained (DC) time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) approach and fusion cross sections are calculated via the incoming wave boundary condition method. By performing DC-TDHF calculations at several selected incident energies, the internuclear potentials for both systems are obtained and the energy-dependence of fusion barrier are revealed. The influence of tensor force on internuclear potentials of $^{48}\mathrm{Ca}+{}^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$ is more obvious than those of $^{40}\mathrm{Ca}+{}^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$. By comparing the calculated fusion cross sections between $^{40}\mathrm{Ca}+{}^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$ and $^{48}\mathrm{Ca}+{}^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$, an interesting enhancement of sub-barrier fusion cross sections for the former system is found, which can be explained by the narrow width of internuclear potential for $^{40}\mathrm{Ca}+{}^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$ while the barrier heights and positions are very close to each other. The tensor force suppresses the sub-barrier fusion cross sections of both two systems.