The Energy Dependence of the Imaginary Nuclear Potential

Recently the inverse mean field method (Imefim) has been shown to lead to a specific energy dependence of the real central nuclear part, V, of the optical model potential for nucleon-nucleus scattering. Proceeding from V towards the imaginary volume term of the potential, Wυ, application of conservation laws yields a specific energy dependence for Wυ. It compares favourably with heuristic potentials.