Observation of partial linear momentum transfer in incomplete fusion reactions: a study relevant to non α-cluster beam

Recent studies on heavy ion collisions have established the presence of incomplete fusion (ICF) process as a significant competing channel to the complete fusion (CF) at energies ≈ 4-7 MeV/A. Though, at such low energies, ICF is unlikely but recent experimental studies have indicated that a significant portion of the reaction proceeds through it. In the present work, the relative contribution of CF and ICF processes have been disentangled by measuring the forward recoil range distribution (FRRD) of reaction residues populated in ¹⁹F + ¹⁶⁹Tm system at two distinct beam energies viz., 96 MeV and 106 MeV respectively. The present work has been reported for the first time and is in continuation of our recent investigation on ¹⁹F + ¹⁶⁹Tm system, where the experimentally measured excitation functions (EFs) of reaction residues have been used to understand the breakup fusion processes