Study of break-up fusion process from forward recoil range distribution measurement

Abstract

In the present work, the break-up fusion or incomplete fusion (ICF) process has been studied from the forward recoil range distribution measurement for ¹⁶O + ¹⁷⁵Lu system at ≈ 96 MeV energy. The measured forward recoil range distributions are analyzed in the framework of code SRIM. The present analysis shows clearly the role of linear momentum transfer and also the break-up of projectile ¹⁶O into its fragments (¹²C + ⁴He and/or ⁸Be + ⁸Be). Any systematic trend is not observed with the target deformation parameter (β₂) dependent study of ICF. It is observed that projectile structure also affects the ICF dynamics. The projectile <em>α</em>-Q-value is found to be a suitable parameter which explains effectively the observed projectile structure effect on ICF.