Analysis of emission mechanisms in nucleon-induced reactions around the Fermi energy Original Research Article

Neutron-induced reactions around the Fermi energy are investigated in the framework of the microscopic DYWAN model. Comparisons with experimental data in particle spectra are performed. Special attention has been devoted to pre-equilibrium emissions. The theoretical results show that the emission processes are sensitive to the nucleon–nucleon cross-section and to the characteristics of the self-consistent nuclear mean field, as the isospin dependence and the equation of state. Accordingly, nucleon-induced reactions provide a precious probe of the nuclear interaction in the concerned energy domain.