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Title: Angular momentum effects in subbarrier fusion

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OSTI ID:6996576

Angular-momentum distributions sigma/sub L/ for the compound nucleus /sup 164/Yb were deduced from measurements of ..gamma..-ray multiplicity for all significant evaporation residues from fusion of /sup 64/Ni and /sup 100/Mo at and below the Coulomb barrier. The excitation functions can be reproduced with coupled-channels calculations only if additional coupling beyond the known inelastic strengths is included. Even with this augmented coupling, however, at the lowest bombarding energies the experimental sigma/sub L/ extend to higher L values than the predictions. Single-barrier penetration models for a potential with an energy-dependent depth and shape fitted to the excitation function likewise underestimate the role of high-L partial waves. Somewhat better success is achieved with models in which fission is allowed to occur at distances comparable with or even larger than the Coulomb barrier radius. 24 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400; AC02-76ER04052
OSTI ID:
6996576
Report Number(s):
CONF-880896-2; ON: DE88015286; TRN: 88-033037
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on heavy-ion reaction dynamics in tandem energy region, Hitachi, Japan, 1 Aug 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English