Exploring Applications and Properties of Microscopic Optical Potentials*

We test new applications of the recently constructed WLH microscopic global optical potential. The WLH global optical potential has been shown to be in reasonable agreement with experiment for elastic scattering cross sections involving a wide range of isotopes and scattering energies. However, we demonstrate that this is not sufficient for reproducing experimental cross sections of quasielastic charge exchange reactions, a largely overlooked constraint for optical potentials. We also examine to what degree the WLH model satisfies the dispersion relation and its significance in constructing phenomenological optical potentials. Exploring these properties of the WLH optical potential helps lay the groundwork for next-generation phenomenological global optical potentials informed by microscopic physics and with quantified uncertainties that are suitable for reactions involving rare isotopes.