X-Ray spectrometry. A powerful tool for the measurement of complete fusion of weakly bound nuclei

P.R.S.GOMES; I.PADON; O.A.CAPURRO; J.O.FERNÁNDEZ NIELLO; G.V.MARTÍ; A.J.PACHECO; A.ARAZI; J.LUBIAN; E.CREMA

X-RAY SPECTROMETRY

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Año: 2008 vol. 37 p. 512 - 516

0049-8246

We describe how the method of detection of delayed K x-rays produced by the electron capture decay of the residual nuclei can be a powerful tool in the investigation of the effect of the breakup process on the complete fusion (CF) cross-section of weakly bound nuclei at energies close to the Coulomb barrier. This is presently one of the most interesting subjects under investigation in the field of low-energy nuclear reactions, and the difficult experimental task of separating CF from the incomplete fusion (ICF) of one of the breakup fragments can be achieved by the x-ray spectrometry method. We present results for the fusion of the 9Be + 144Sm system.