Dasgupta, MahanandaNewton, JohnHagino, KouichiHinde, David2015-12-13November 10375-9687http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77952Fits to high precision fusion cross-sections even for ZPZ T < 1000 appear to need a value of the diffuseness parameter a of the Woods-Saxon potential of ≃1 fm, which is much larger than the commonly accepted value of ≃ 0.65 fm. However, use of large vThe Nuclear Potential in Heavy-ion Fusion20042015-12-11