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Reactions between /sup 20/Ne and nickel

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

Charge, energy, and angular distributions of products from reactions between /sup 20/Ne and Ni have been measured at 164 MeV. The total reaction cross section inferred from the quarter-point of the elastic scattering data is 2010 mb. Products with 6 < or = Z < or = 20 account for 30% of the total reaction cross section. The evaporation residue cross section was also measured and found to be 1236 mb, or 63% of the total cross section. Products with atomic number near that of the projectile have angular distributions which increase in the forward direction and have energy spectra characteristic of both quasielastic and deeply inelastic events. Products with atomic numbers greater than 14 show an angular distribution dsigma/d..cap omega.. proportional 1/sinsigma/sub c.m./ and have kinetic energies that are characteristic of Coulomb repulsion following binary fission, indicating that complete damping has occurred. However, the yield near Z = 19 is low, and thus symmetric fission, if present at all, accounts for a rather small fraction of the total reaction cross section.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
OSTI ID:
6690591
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., C; (United States) Vol. 18:2; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English