Fusion Cross Sections of Light Heavy-Ion Systems: Resonances and Shell Effects

P. Sperr; T. H. Braid; Y. Eisen; D. G. Kovar; F. W. Prosser, Jr; J. P. Schiffer; S. L. Tabor; S. Vigdor

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.321

Fusion Cross Sections of Light Heavy-Ion Systems: Resonances and Shell Effects

P. Sperr, T. H. Braid, Y. Eisen, D. G. Kovar, F. W. Prosser, Jr., J. P. Schiffer, S. L. Tabor, and S. Vigdor

Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 321 – Published 9 August 1976

Abstract

The total fusion cross sections for the systems ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{12}C$ , ${}^{18}O$ + ${}^{12}C$ , and ${}^{19}F$ + ${}^{12}C$ have been measured as a function of bombarding energy and compared with results for other light heavy-ion systems. The presence or absence of oscillations in the fusion excitation function and the overall magnitude of the cross section at high energies appear to depend on the structure of the colliding nuclei.

Received 17 May 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.321

Authors & Affiliations

P. Sperr^*, T. H. Braid, Y. Eisen^†, D. G. Kovar, F. W. Prosser, Jr.^‡, J. P. Schiffer, S. L. Tabor, and S. Vigdor

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

^*On leave from Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
^†Present address: Physics Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
^‡On leave from University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. 66045.