Incomplete fusion reactions in ¹⁶O + ¹⁶⁵Ho

ANIL SHARMA¹, B BINDU KUMAR¹, S MUKHERJEE^1*, S CHAKRABARTY²,
B S TOMAR², A GOSWAMI², G K GUBBI², S B MANOHAR², A K SINHA³
and S K DATTA³

1School of Studies in Physics, Vikram University, Ujjain 456 010, India
²Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
³Nuclear Science Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067, India
^*Address for correspondence: B-4/4, Teachers' Quarters, Vikram University Campus, Kothi Road, Ujjain 456 010, India

Abstract.

Excitation functions for evaporation residues of the system ¹⁶O + ¹⁶⁵Ho have been measured up to 100 MeV. Recoil range distribution of long lived reaction products were measured at ¹⁶O beam energy of 100 MeV. Detailed Monte Carlo simulation of recoil range distributions of products were performed with the help of PACE2 code, in order to extract the contributions of incomplete fusion in the individual channels. The results clearly show the incomplete fusion contributions in the tantalum and thulium products. This is confirmed by the predictions of breakup fusion model of the incomplete fusion.

Keywords Heavy ion reactions; incomplete fusion; recoil range distribution; activation technique; Monte Carlo simulation.

Pacs No 25.70.Gh; 25.70.Jj

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