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Title: Systematics of carbon- and oxygen-induced fusion on nuclei with 12 < or = A < or = 19

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., C; (United States)

Measurements of the total fusion cross sections for /sup 12/C + /sup 12/C, /sup 13/C, /sup 14/N, /sup 15/N, /sup 16/O, /sup 18/O, and /sup 19/F and /sup 16/O + /sup 16/O have been performed over the energy range from 1.5 to 3 times the Coulomb barrier energy. Fusion barrier parameters were extracted for each system. Three systems, /sup 12/C + /sup 12/C, /sup 12/C + /sup 16/O, and /sup 16/O + /sup 16/O, show rather pronounced oscillatory structure in the energy dependence of the fusion cross sections. The maximum fusion cross sections for the systems studied vary by as much as 10--20%, depending on the particular entrance channel. The specific structure of the interacting nuclei clearly does have an effect; the fusion process is not entirely dominated by the macroscopic features of the ion-ion interaction.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
OSTI ID:
5813569
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., C; (United States), Vol. 20:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English