Light heavy - ion dissipative collisions at low energy

The collisions of light heavy ions were less studied as compared to the large amount of information on dissipative processes collected for heavy systems. For moderate energy damping both experimental data and theoretical models were concentrated on optimum Q value systematics. The energy domain of complete damping was studied from the challenging point of view of the competition between the deep inelastic orbiting mechanism and the fusion-fission one. Dissipative processes have been investigated experimentally in several light heavy-ion systems, using a complex detector which has as main components two position sensitive ionization chamber. The investigated systems were: 19 F(111.4, 125, 136.9 MeV) + 27 Al, 19 F(111.4, 136.9 MeV) + 12 C and 27 Al(140.14 MeV) + 12 C, 27 Al. Experimental evidence and comparison with theoretical calculations suggesting a mechanism similar to deep inelastic processes in heavy and medium systems, even in the case of completely damped events, will be presented in this work. (authors)