We have investigated the population of nuclei formed in binary reactions involving ${}^7\mathrm{Li}$ beams on targets of ${}^{160}\mathrm{Gd}$ and ${}^{184}\mathrm{W}$. The ${}^7\mathrm{Li}$+${}^{184}\mathrm{W}$ data were taken in the first experiment to use the LIBERACE Ge array in combination with the STARS Si $\Delta E\text{−}E$ telescope system at the 88-Inch Cyclotron of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. By using the Wilczyński binary transfer model, in combination with a standard evaporation model, we are able to reproduce the experimental results. This is a useful method for predicting the population of neutron-rich heavy nuclei formed in binary reactions involving beams of weakly bound nuclei and will be of use in future spectroscopic studies.

• Received 19 August 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.72.054605