| Abstract: | The reactions of 310 MeV ^[16]0 with Ti have been studied by performing singles, fragment-fragment coincidence and heavy ion-light particle coincidence measurements. Apart from charged particles evaporated from equilibrated nuclei, non-equilibrium processes contribute significantly to the particle emission from fusion residue-like and deep-inelastic products. Comparisons of the energy spectra and angular distributions of both singles heavy residues and coincident light particles with statistical model calculations indicate that the total fusion cross section is [less than or equal to] 314 mb which is in good agreement with recent dynamic and TDHF calculations. However, the experimental data indicate that the principal additional mechanism responsible for the limitation of the fusion processes at high energies is not the predicted, strong increase in deep-inelastic processes but rather the non-equilibrium emission of light particles from incomplete fusion processes. |
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