Molecular structure in /sup 12/C + /sup 12/C, orbiting in /sup 12/C + /sup 28/Si, and first studies of the /sup 60/Ni + /sup 60/Ni interaction

Some physical implications of a recently proposed classification scheme for the /sup 12/C + /sup 12/C Coulomb barrier resonances for which the requisite very large body of experimental data is already available are discussed. New data are presented suggesting that the back angle resonance-like structure previously observed in quasi-elastic /sup 28/Si + /sup 12/C reactions reflects the existence of a fully developed, rotating di-nuclear system that governs back-angle yields in many additional exit channels. Also some very recent data are briefly discussed for /sup 60/Ni + /sup 60/Ni scattering in a first look at a previously unstudied region of the periodic table. (WHK)