Gamma-ray multiplicity distributions in 16O + 152Sm fusion near and below the Coulomb barrier

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)91701-V

Physics Letters B

Volume 263, Issue 1, 4 July 1991, Pages 23-28

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Abstract

We have studied γ-ray multiplicity distributions for the system ¹⁶O + ¹⁵²Sm at five beam energies in the range 60–80 MeV, near and below the Coulomb barrier. The data were obtained using a large array of γ-ray detectors and an efficient evaporation-residue detector system utilizing an electrostatic deflector. The data are in good agreement with predictions of angular momentum distributions calculated using a coupled-channels model incorporating the effects of deformation.

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²: Work supported by the US Department of Energy, Nuclear Physics Division, under contract W-31-109-Eng-38.

¹: Present address: Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraβe 1, Pf. 110 552, W-6100 Darmstadt, FRG.

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