title: Fusion suppression and sub-barrier breakup of weakly bound nuclei.
abstract: The mechanism for the large suppression of complete fusion in the 9Be+208Pb reaction has been investigated through measurement of sub-barrier breakup of 9Be. Excluding breakup through the 8Be ground state, whose lifetime is too long, a prompt breakup component remains, having sufficient probability to explain the observed suppression of complete fusion. This appears to be associated with interactions at the nuclear surface. The fusion suppression is predicted to be almost proportional to the charge of the target nucleus, making it most significant in reactions with heavy nuclei.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hinde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wooliscroft
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Berriman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagino