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| Author(s): |
Alexandre Alarcon do Passo Suaide
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) |
| Defense date: | 1999-05-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Nelson Carlin Filho;
Brett Vern Carlson;
Paulo Roberto Silveira Gomes;
Marcos Nogueira Martins;
Dirceu Pereira
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| Advisor: | Nelson Carlin Filho |
| Abstract | |
Binary decay cross section measurements have been performed for the system 16O + 10B at 22 MeV < EC.M. < 24.5 MeV (EC.M. ~ 20 KeV) and 17 MeV < EC.M. < 25 MeV (EC.M. ~ 190 KeV ) and for the system 19F + 12C at 22 MeV < EC.M. < 24.5 MeV (EC.M. ~ 20 KeV). The binary fragments were identified by the kinematic coincidence technique. The excitation functions for these systems show strong fluctuations and their average widths were obtained through the analysis of energy correlation functions. The small widths observed for the 16O + 10B (about 20 KeV) and 19F + 12C (about 40 KeV) systems show a constant behavior with the fragments excitation energy and scattering angle. These widths correspond to an intermediate system time scale of about 2 x 10-20 s which is larger than its revolution time. These features suggest the presence of the fusion-fission mechanism, where the compound nucleus spends a lot of time to acquire a relaxed form and thermal equilibrium. For the 16O + 10B system, larger widths (about 350 KeV) were also observed which are related to a faster process. These widths show a clear dependence with the scattering angle in the elastic scattering channel. These aspects are expected for a process where the time scale is comparable to the intermediate system revolution time, like an orbiting mechanism. Theoretical predictions for fusion-fission and orbiting mechanisms were compared to the experimental results and a good agreement was observed. (AU) | |