Speaker
Description
Nuclear reactions are powerful to probe properties of exotic nuclei located away from stability. The accuracy of the information inferred from reaction measurements rely directly on the quality of the theoretical model used to analyze the experimental data. Reactions at intermediate energies are typically described within few-body models, which sees the reaction as composed of cluster of nucleons, and the few-body dynamics is described within the eikonal method. To make accurate reaction predictions, it is crucial to quantify the uncertainties associated with the few-body method and the inputted effective interaction between the clusters. In this talk, I will discuss recent efforts to constrain these effective interactions and quantify their uncertainties, I will present a systematic study of the validity of the eikonal method, and I will mention recent developments towards describing complex reaction observables involving two-neutron halo nuclei.
