Reactions ofNe20onNd150at 175 MeV

Energy spectra of charged-particle reaction products from bombardment of ${}_{}{}^{150}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$ by 175-MeV ${}_{}{}^{20}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ne}$ were measured with three $\Delta E$, $E$ telescopes at angles from 3.5° to 100°. The evaporation residues and symmetric-fission fragments were easily identified; their total cross sections were 1150 ± 90 and 280 ± 35 mb, respectively. The sum of these numbers is in good agreement with the fusion cross section predicted by the Bass model. The elastic cross section drops to ¼ of the Rutherford cross section at 30.4 ± 0.2° (lab), which implies that the total region cross section is 2.63 b. Products from quasielastic and from strongly damped collisions were observed; their angle-integrated yields account for the balance of the reaction cross section.