Light-particle emission in the reactions of 16O with Ti

Abstract Inclusive energy spectra and angular distributions for heavy ions (Z ≧ 3) produced in the reactions of 227 MeV and 310 MeV 16 O with Ti were measured. Also measured at the projectile energy of 310 MeV were energy and angular correlations between light charged particles ( Z ≦ 2) and heavy ions. From comparisons with statistical model calculations upper limits to the complete fusion cross sections of 647 mb and 265 mb were derived for projectile energies of 227 MeV and 310 MeV, respectively. At 310 MeV the cross section of incomplete fusion processes was estimated to be over 505 mb. Emission of fast, high-energy α-particles and protons was observed to be a characteristic feature of quasi-elastic, deep-inelastic and fusion-like reactions. Average multiplicities of fast light particles in coincidence with heavy ions at +20° and +40° were estimated to be of the order of 1. The prompt emission of light appears to be the principal mechanism which limits complete fusion. A second component of α-particles observed in coincidence with deep-inelastic projectile-like fragments and having an energy comparable to Coulomb energies of particles emitted from target-like and projectile-like fragments appears as an excess yield in the direction of the recoiling target-like fragments. This component cannot be accounted for in terms of sequential emission processes and may result from a mechanism other than the one which leads to fast particle emission.