▪ Abstract The experimental extraction of detailed barrier distributions has brought a
significant advance in the study of the fusion of heavy nuclei, and indeed in the entire heavy …

The study of fusion reactions at extreme sub-barrier energies has seen an increased interest
in recent years, although difficult to measure due to their very small cross sections. Such …

Precise fusion and quasi-elastic scattering excitation functions have been measured for the
systems 40Ca+ 90, 96Zr at energies spanning the Coulomb barrier. From both the fusion …

The fusion of 6 He with a 209 Bi target has been studied at energies near to and below the
Coulomb barrier. Despite the weak binding of the valence neutrons in 6 He, little evidence is …

Analyses using simplified coupled-channels models have been unable to describe the
shape of the previously measured fusion barrier distribution for the doubly magic 16 O+ 208 …

Recent advances obtained in the field of near and sub-barrier heavy-ion fusion reactions are
reviewed. Emphasis is given to the results obtained in the last decade, and focus is mainly …

The use of radioactive beams opens a new frontier for fusion studies. The coupling to the
continuum can be explored with very loosely bound nuclei. Experiments were performed …

Fusion-evaporation cross sections were measured in the two systems Ca 48+ Zr 90, 96 in an
energy range from well below to well above the Coulomb barrier. The sub-barrier fusion of …

In this paper, we have studied all possible 4 8 Ca and 5 8 Fe-induced fusion reactions for
the synthesis of superheavy nuclei 1 0 4≤ Z≤ 1 2 5. The semi-empirical formula for fusion …

A precise fusion excitation function has been measured for Ca 40+ Zr 94 at near-and sub-
barrier energies, and the fusion barrier distribution has been extracted. Comparing with the …