Reactions of 20Ne on 150Nd at 175 MeV

Energy spectra of charged-particle reaction products from bombardment of 150Nd by 175-MeV 20Ne were measured with three ΔE,E telescopes at angles from 3.50 to 1000. The evaporation residues and symmetric-fission fragments were easily identified; their total cross sections were 1150 +- 90 and 280 +- 35 mb, respectively. The sum of these numbers is in good agreement with the fusion cross section predicted by the Bass model. The elastic cross section drops to 1/4 of the Rutherford cross section at 30.4 +- 0.20 (lab), which implies that the total reaction cross section is 2.63 b. Products from quasielastic and from strongly damped collisions were observed; their angle-integrated yields account for the balance of the reaction cross section