The incomplete fusion reactions for spectroscopic studies

Nuclear structure studies at high angular momentum states via discrete γ-transitions, has been an important research area in Nuclear Physics. Heavy-ion fusion reaction is the primary means of producing nuclei at high excitation and spin. In this type of complete fusion (CF) reactions, with the suitable choice of beam energy and stable target-projectile combination, a wide range of nuclei can be reached. These are essentially residual nuclei lying in the neutron-deficient side of β-stability line. The incomplete fusion process (ICF) though recognized many years ago, was studied in detail much later. Most of the experiments were done at the high projectile energy, Ebeam > 10 MeV/A. In the last 10-15 years, with the availability of highly sensitive detection systems, the potential usefulness of ICF for the spectroscopic studies, has been realised