Close collisions between light nuclei: Orbiting and fusion

Shapira, D; Shivakumar, B; Harmon, B A; Ayik, S

Title: Close collisions between light nuclei: Orbiting and fusion

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Our data have demonstrated that in close collisions the two nuclei first form a rotating dinuclear complex (DNC) which can break up into two complex fragments (Orbiting) or evolve into a compound nucleus. The binary fragment yield was found to be significant in contradiction with earlier views which held that whenever nucleus-nucleus capture occurs fusion is a certainty. The time duration of the dinuclear stage and the nature of its evolution into a compound nucleus were studied and a model which describes these processes will be presented. 25 refs., 14 figs.

Authors:: Shapira, D; Shivakumar, B; Harmon, B A; Ayik, S

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA). Nuclear Structure Lab.; Virginia Univ., Charlottesville (USA); Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 6455878

Report Number(s):: CONF-8706113-3
ON: DE87011178

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-84OR21400

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 6. Adriatic international conference on nuclear physics: frontiers of heavy-ion physics, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 15 Jun 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; CARBON 12 TARGET; SILICON 28 REACTIONS; HEAVY ION FUSION REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; NITROGEN 14 TARGET; CROSS SECTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; KINETIC ENERGY; Q-VALUE; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS; DATA; ENERGY; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; INFORMATION; KINETICS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; TARGETS; 651320* - Nuclear Properties & Reactions, A=6-19, Experimental; 653003 - Nuclear Theory- Nuclear Reactions & Scattering

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