Limits to the Fusion of 310-MeVO16with Ti

Abstract
Limits to the fusion of 310-MeV O16 with Ti were probed with both singles and coincience measurements of the heavy products and the emitted light particles. The upper limit to compound nucleus formation is found to be in accord with recent dynamic calculations, but the principal mechanism reducing the compound nucleus cross section below that predicted by critical distance models is not an increase in strongly damped processes, but the prompt emission of energetic light particles.