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J. Gomez del Campo; R. A. Dayras; J. A. Biggerstaff; D. Shapira; A. H. Snell; P. H. Stelson; R. G. Stokstad

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.26

Comparison of Fusion Cross Sections for ${}^{10}B$ + ${}^{16}O$ → ${}^{26}{Al}$ and ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{14}N$ → ${}^{26}{Al}$

J. Gomez del Campo, R. A. Dayras, J. A. Biggerstaff, D. Shapira, A. H. Snell, P. H. Stelson, and R. G. Stokstad

Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 26 – Published 2 July 1979

Abstract

The cross section for fusion of ${}^{10}B$ + ${}^{16}O$ is found to differ markedly from that of ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{14}N$ for bombarding energies in the range 3 to 9 times the fusion barrier. This difference exceeds that expected on the basis of calculated or measured nuclear density distributions for these nuclei.