Strong Enhancement of Subbarrier Fusion due to Negative Hexadecapole Deformation

9 May 1983

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 50 (19) , 1435-1438
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.1435

Abstract

Within a modified barrier penetration model the fusion cross section for

{}_{8}^{16}O

{}_{74}^{184}W

is calculated at subbarrier energies. It is shown that nuclei with positive quadrupole moments and large negative hexadecapole moments have enhanced fusion cross sections over elongated systems only. Fusion measurements with such systems will provide a definitive answer to the question of deformation effects on subbarrier fusion.

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