https://doi.org/10.1140/epjad/i2005-06-084-2
ENAM 2004
Fusion hindrance and quasi-fission in 48Ca induced reactions
Implications for super-heavy element production
1
INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131, Padova, Italy
3
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR, 141980, Dubna, Russia
4
IReS, IN2P3-CNRS/ULP, F-67037, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
5
Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, R.J. 24210-340, Niteroi, Brazil
6
Departamento de Fisica Nuclear, Universidade de S ao Paulo, C.P. 66318, 5315-970, S ao Paulo, Brazil
* e-mail: Monica.Trotta@na.infn.it;
Received:
13
October
2004
Accepted:
18
February
2005
Published online:
24
May
2005
Recent experimental data on relatively mass-asymmetric collisions show that fusion hindrance can be explained in terms of the onset of quasi-fission reactions. The influence of mass-asymmetry, shell effects and target deformation on such phenomena is presented and possible implications for super-heavy element production are discussed.
PACS: 25.70.-z Low and intermediate energy heavy-ion reactions – / 25.70.Jj Fusion and fusion-fission reactions – / 27.80.+w 190 ⩽ A ⩽ 219 –
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag, 2005