Heavy-ion reaction studies from low energies to Fermi energy regime

The reaction mechanism of heavy ion collisions (HIC) changes dramatically as one moves from low energy to the Fermi energy regime. The complete nuclear fusion at low energies gives way to the breakup fusion (BUF) reactions as the energy increases from near barrier to well above it. The reaction dynamics of low energy HIC involving BUF has recently been explained in terms Coulomb factor and the a-Q-value of the projectile. The data has also been analyzed within the framework of Universal Fusion Function (UFF) approach, where significant fusion suppression has been obtained and attributed due to the breakup fusion. In the present discussion, some systematics obtained for low energy BUF reactions and preliminary details of the measurements carried out, for an isospin asymmetric system ³⁶Ar+⁴⁸Ca, at the Superconducting Cyclotron facility of the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud in Catania, will be presented where the reaction products were detected with Charged Heavy Ion Mass and Energy Resolving Array (CHIMERA) 4π multi detector system