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The influence on the fusion process of coupling transfer/breakup channels is investigated for the medium weight $^{6,7}$Li+$^{59}$Co systems in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier. Coupling effects are discussed within a comparison of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Beck , N. Keeley , A. Diaz-Torres

We report on a comprehensive systematics of fusion-evaporation and/or fusion-fission cross sections for a very large variety of systems over an energy range 4-155 A.MeV. Scaled by the reaction cross sections, fusion cross sections do not…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-11 Ph. Eudes , Z. Basrak , F. Sébille , V. de la Mota , G. Royer , M. Zorić

The complete and incomplete fusion cross sections for the $^{7}$Li+$^{205}$Tl reaction were measured at near barrier energies by online characteristic $\gamma$ ray detection technique. The complete fusion (CF) cross sections at energies…

Existing data on near-barrier fusion excitation functions of medium and heavy nucleus-nucleus systems have been analyzed using a simple diffused barrier formula derived assuming the Gaussian shape of the barrier height distributions. Fusion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-12-30 Debasis Atta , D. N. Basu

We extend a recent study that explained the steep falloff in the fusion cross section at energies far below the Coulomb barrier for the symmetric dinuclear system 64Ni+64Ni to another symmetric system, 58Ni+58Ni, and the asymmetric system…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Misicu , H. Esbensen

Recent theoretical advances in the study of heavy ion fusion reactions below the Coulomb barrier are reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to new ways of analyzing data, such as studying barrier distributions; new approaches to channel…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. B. Balantekin , N. Takigawa

The importance of the breakup channel in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier (1<Ec.m./Vb<2) is investigated for the medium weight 6Li+59Co system. Three-body final-state analysis of light-particle coincident data was carried out to…

We present results of collisions of $^{90}$Zr+$^{90}$Zr and $^{96}$Zr+$^{96}$Zr obtained within time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) extended to superfluid systems, known as time-dependent superfluid local density approximation…

Low energy heavy-ion fusion reactions are governed by quantum tunneling through the Coulomb barrier formed by a strong cancellation of the repulsive Coulomb force with the attractive nuclear interaction between the colliding nuclei.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-01-03 K. Hagino , N. Takigawa

We propose a new quantum mechanical method to evaluate complete and incomplete fusion in collisions of weakly bound nuclei. The method is applied to the $^{7}{\rm Li}+^{209}{\rm Bi}$ system and the results are compared to experimental data.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-18 J. Rangel , M. R. Cortes , J. Lubian , L. F. Canto

The influence on fusion of coupling to the breakup process is investigated for reactions where at least one of the colliding nuclei has a sufficiently low binding energy for breakup to become an important process. Elastic scattering,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Beck , N. Keeley , A. Diaz-Torres

The fusion excitation function is the important quantity in planning experiments for the synthesis of superheavy elements. Its values seem to be determined by the experimental study of the hindrance to complete fusion by the observation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-19 G Giardina , A K Nasirov , G Mandaglio , F Curciarello , V De Leo , G Fazio , M Manganaro , M Romaniuk , C Saccá

Fusion data for $^{13}$C+$^{13}$C, $^{12}$C+$^{13}$C and $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C are analyzed by coupled-channels calculations that are based on the M3Y+repulsion, double-folding potential. The fusion is determined by ingoing-wave-boundary…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-06-08 H. Esbensen , X. Tang , C. L. Jiang

Symmetric heavy-ion collisions are known to display an `extra-push' effect. That is, the energy at which the s-wave transmission is 0.5 lies significantly higher than the nominal Coulomb barrier. Despite this, however, the capture cross…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 N. Rowley , N. Grar , K. Hagino

Recent high precision experimental data for heavy-ion fusion cross sections at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier systematically show that a strikingly large surface diffuseness parameter for a Woods-Saxon potential is required…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 K. Hagino , M. Dasgupta , I. I. Gontchar , D. J. Hinde , C. R. Morton , J. O. Newton

We have studied nuclear fusion reactions from the Coulomb explosion of deuterium clusters induced by high-intensity laser beams within a transport approach. By incorporating the D+D $\rightarrow$ n + He$^3$ channel as inelastic collisions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-20 Zhe Zhu , Jun Xu , Guo-Qiang Zhang

We discuss the effects of coupling of the relative motion to nuclear collective excitations which have a finite lifetime on heavy-ion fusion reactions at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier. Both spreading and escape widths are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Hagino , N. Takigawa

Within the framework of the dinuclear system model, the reaction mechanisms for synthesizing target-like isotopes from Bk to compound nuclei Lv are thoroughly investigated in complete and incomplete fusion reaction of $^{48}$Ca +$^{248}$Cm…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-23 Peng-Hui Chen , Fei Niu , Xin-Xing Xu , Zu-Xing Yang , Xiang-Hua Zeng , Zhao-Qing Feng

We propose a new mechanism to explain the unexpected steep falloff of fusion cross sections at energies far below the Coulomb barrier. The saturation properties of nuclear matter are causing a hindrance to large overlap of the reacting…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Misicu , H. Esbensen

Some nearly-symmetric fusion reactions are systematically investigated with the improved quantum molecular dynamics (ImQMD) model. By introducing two-body inelastic scattering in the Fermi constraint procedure, the stability of an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-11-05 Ning Wang , Kai Zhao , Zhuxia Li