Investigation of the role of break up processes in the fusion of the 20Ne + 51V system

With a view to study the reaction dynamics in HI interactions, a program of precise measurement of excitation functions (EFs) for the production of residues due to the CF and ICF processes has been undertaken by our group. In these measurements, special care was taken to remove the precursor decay contribution in the production of several evaporation residues to get the independent production cross-sections of the residues. Measured EFs were then compared with the production of the statistical model code Pace2, and the analysis of the results have been discussed. The dependence of ICF fraction with projectile energy has also been discussed. Moreover, entrance channel mass-asymmetry dependence of the ICF fraction has been investigated