Open AccessNear-Barrier Fusion of theB 8 + Ni 58
Author(s) -
E. F. Aguilera,
P. Amador-Valenzuela,
E. MartinezQuiroz,
David Lizcano,
Pedro Rosales,
H. García-Martínez,
A. Gómez-Camacho,
J. J. Kolata,
A. Roberts,
L. O. Lamm,
G. V. Rogachev,
V. Guimarães,
F. D. Becchetti,
A. N. Villano,
M. Ojaruega,
M. Febbraro,
Yan-Wu Chen,
Hao Jiang,
Paul DeYoung,
Graham F. Peaslee,
C. J. Guess,
Utsab Khadka,
J. Brown,
J. Hinnefeld,
L. Acosta,
E. S. Rossi,
J. F. P. Huiza,
T. L. Belyaeva
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.107.092701
Subject(s) - computer science , algorithm , physics , artificial intelligence
Fusion cross sections were measured for the exotic proton-halo nucleus (8)B incident on a (58)Ni target at several energies near the Coulomb barrier. This is the first experiment to report on the fusion of a protonhalo nucleus. The resulting excitation function shows a striking enhancement with respect to expectations for normal projectiles. Evidence is presented that the sum of the fusion and breakup yields saturates the total reaction cross section.CONACYT (Mexico)U.S. NSF National Science Foundation[PHY09-69456