Close collisions between light nuclei: Orbiting and fusion

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6455878

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

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.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA). Nuclear Structure Lab.; Virginia Univ., Charlottesville (USA); Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6455878
• Report Number(s): CONF-8706113-3; ON: DE87011178
• 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

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