Gamma-ray production in the ''5''8Ni(''1''6O,X) nuclear reaction

Residuals of the fusion-evaporation reactions following the bombardment of a ''5''8Ni target with ''1''6O beams at energies ranging from 40.0 to 60.0 MeV have been studied at the Bucharest FN Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator. Measured γ ray energies along with the corresponding relative intensities are reported in the present work. The relative cross sections of the open channels were determined from the observed γ yields and a comparison was performed with the predictions resulted from statistical model calculations in the Hauser-Feshbach formalism. The computer codes CASCADE and PACE 4 were employed for numerical calculations. (authors)