Nuclear reaction studies in heavy ion induced reactions

Fusion reactions induced by Heavy Ions (HIs) play an utmost role in nuclear physics, as they enable to study the properties of superheavy nuclei near and away from the stability line. Depending on the mass of interacting nuclei, projectile energy, excitation energy of the composite system etc., various HI reactions such as pre-equilibrium (PEQ) emission, quasi-fission (QF), complete fusion (CF) and fusion fission (FF) may occur after the projectile is entirely captured by the target nucleus. However, at projectile energy below 8 MeV/nucleon the reaction processes like fusion-fission, pre-equilibrium emission and quasi-fission are almost absent. Further, the studies based on HI reactions reveal, at projectile energy (≈ 4-7 MeV/nucleon) well above the Coulomb barrier the most dominating fusion processes are : complete fusion (CF) and incomplete fusion (ICF). Study of these fusion reactions has remained the subject of enormous interest for both theoretical and experimental nuclear physicists over the past two decades