Projectile breakup reaction and evidence of a breakup-fusion mechanism

Coincidence measurement was made in the reaction ${}_{}{}^{40}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ca}({}_{}{}^{20}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ne},{}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}\alpha )$ at 260 MeV incident energy, and the experimental results were analyzed in terms of the projectile breakup scheme. The reaction can be conveniently classified into the elastic- and inelastic-breakup processes. Comparison of the present results to those of the ${}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}$-singles measurement indicates the importance of the process in which the breakup is followed by the fusion process. Theoretical analysis shows that the main aspects of the present experimental results are explained.