Reaction mechanism studies in alpha induced reactions

Our research programme is on going on ''Reaction Mechanism Studies in Alpha Induced Reactions'' (pre-equilibrium) at IUC-DAEF using VEC at Calcutta. So far all the experiments done are off-beam experiments. Stack foil technique was used and alpha particle beams of energies up to 50 MeV (available) at VECC) was utilized. The induced activities due to different (α, xnyp) reactions were measured using HP-Ge detector with associated electronics and multi channel analyser. This type of study is very helpful in studying reaction mechanism, contribution of pre-equilibrium decay at different energies and compound nuclei formation. The analysis and theoretical calculations were done using computer code ALICE-82 and 91. Still data is scanty and needs further measurement