Annette Berriman

Fusion versus breakup: observation of large fusion suppression for 9Be + 208Pb

Complete fusion excitation functions for

Coupled-channels analysis of the 16 O + 208 Pb fusion barrier distribution

{}^{9}\mathrm{Be}{+}^{208}\mathrm{Pb}

Influence of higher-order deformations in the 34 S + 168 Er fusion reaction

have been measured to high precision at near barrier energies. The experimental fusion barrier distribution extracted from these data allows reliable prediction of the expected complete fusion cross sections. However, the measured cross sections are only 68% of those predicted. The large cross sections observed for incomplete fusion products support the interpretation that this suppression of fusion is caused by

Insights into nuclear reactions through fusion barrier distribution measurements

{}^{9}\mathrm{Be}

Inhibition of Fusion in Mass-Asymmetric Collisions

breaking up into charged fragments before reaching the fusion barrier. Implications for the fusion of radioactive nuclei are discussed.

Memory of entrance-channel deformation for fast-fission

Analyses using simplified coupled-channels models have been unable to describe the shape of the previously measured fusion barrier distribution for the doubly magic

Coupled-channels analysis of the 16 O1 208 Pb fusion barrier distribution

^{16}

Coupled channels analysis of the O-16 + Pb-208 fusion barrier distribution

O+

Coupled-channels analysis of the16O+208Pbfusion barrier distribution

^{208}

Effect of Breakup on the Fusion of 6 Li, 7 Li and 9 Be with Heavy Nuclei

Pb system. This problem was investigated by re-measuring the fission excitation function for