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Fusion and fission studies for the system /sup 32/S + /sup 239/U

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5676461
The total fusion cross section has been measured at energies from 0.93 to 1.08 times the s-wave interaction barrier for the system /sup 32/S + /sup 238/U. Measurements were made by detecting coincident fission fragments following full momentum transfer in two position sensitive parallel plate avalanche counters. Fission fragment angular distributions were measured from 90/sup 0/ to 166/sup 0/ in the center of mass for all energies except the lowest where the angular range was 127/sup 0/ to 170/sup 0/. The experimental total fusion cross section was first compared to a one dimensional barrier penetration model which severely underpredicted the data. Then the data were compared to the predictions of coupled channels calculations where the first 2/sup +/ and then higher lying states in /sup 238/U were included. The calculations with only the 2/sup +/ state were able to predict the trend in the data quite well. Inclusion of the higher lying states made no appreciable change in the fusion cross section suggesting that for nuclei which may be characterized as highly rotational, coupling to the lowest lying state may be able to reproduce the measured fusion cross section.
Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook (USA)
OSTI ID:
5676461
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English