Near-Barrier fusion of the B8+Ni58 proton-halo system

E. F. Aguilera, P. Amador-Valenzuela, E. Martinez-Quiroz, D. Lizcano, P. Rosales, H. García-Martínez, A. Gómez-Camacho, J. J. Kolata, A. Roberts, L. O. Lamm, G. Rogachev, V. Guimarães, F. D. Becchetti, A. Villano, M. Ojaruega, M. Febbraro, Y. Chen, H. Jiang, P. A. Deyoung, G. F. PeasleeC. Guess, U. Khadka, J. Brown, J. D. Hinnefeld, L. Acosta, E. S.Rossi Jr, J. F.P. Huiza, T. L. Belyaeva

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Abstract

Fusion cross sections were measured for the exotic proton-halo nucleus B8 incident on a Ni58 target at several energies near the Coulomb barrier. This is the first experiment to report on the fusion of a proton-halo 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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092701
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume107
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 24 2011
Externally publishedYes

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