Observation of nucleon transfer and deuteron breakup on d+13C system

The advanced computational methods continuum-discretized coupled-channel (CDCC) and coupled-reaction channel (CRC) approaches were used to analyze several sets of experimental data, including the angular distributions of 13C(d,d)13C at deuteron energy, Ed = 14.5 MeV, 13C(d,p)14C neutron stripping reaction obtained at Ed = 15.3 MeV, and data sets for 13C(d,t)12C neutron pickup reaction at Ed = 13.6 MeV and 13C(d,n)14N proton stripping reaction at Ed = 15.7 MeV. The analysis revealed that while forward scattering angles were well-described by parameter-free CDCC calculations accounting for deuteron breakup, backward angles were significantly influenced by virtual effects from proton and neutron transfer reactions. Notably, the impacts of neutron and proton stripping reactions were substantial, reflecting their large cross sections, whereas the contribution from neutron pickup-transfer reactions was less significant.