subbarrier

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ barrier.

Adjective

subbarrier (not comparable)

1. Having a magnitude less than that of a barrier
   • 2015, K. Hagino, N. Rowley, J.M. Yao, “Recent developments in heavy-ion fusion reactions around the Coulomb barrier”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     We apply this method to subbarrier fusion reactions of $^{58}$Ni+$^{58}$Ni and $^{40}$Ca+$^{58}$Ni systems, and discuss the role of anharmonicity of the low-lying vibrational motions..