Complete fusion excitation functions for 11,10 B+ 159 Tb have been measured at energies around the respective Coulomb barriers, and the existing complete fusion measurements for 7 Li+ 159 Tb have been extended to higher energies. The measurements show significant reduction of complete fusion cross sections at above-barrier energies for both the reactions, 10 B+ 159 Tb and 7 Li+ 159 Tb, when compared to those for 11 B+ 159 Tb. The comparison shows that the extent of suppression of complete fusion cross sections is correlated with the α-separation energies of the projectiles. Also, the two reactions, 10 B+ 159 Tb and 7 Li+ 159 Tb were found to produce incomplete fusion products at energies near the respective Coulomb barriers, with the α-particle emitting channel being the favoured incomplete fusion process in both the cases.PACS number(s): 24.10. Eq, 25.70.Jj, 25.70.Pj, 25.70.Mn, 27.70.+q

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NESTERReactions induced by radioactive 6,8He beams from the SPIRAL facility were studied on 63,65Cu and 188,190,192Os targets and compared to reactions with the stable 4He projectiles from the Mumbai Pelletron. Partial residue cross sections for fusion and neutron transfer obtained from the measured intensities of characteristic in-beam gamma rays for the 6He+63,65Cu systems are presented. Coincidence measurements of heavy reaction products, identified by their characteristic gamma rays, with projectilelike charged particles, provide direct evidence for a large transfer cross section with Borromean nuclei 6He at 19.5 and 30 MeV and 8He at 27 MeV. Reaction cross sections were also obtained from measured elastic angular distributions for 6,8He + Cu systems. Cross sections for fusion and direct reactions with 4,6He beams on heavier targets of 188,192Os at 30 MeV are also presented. The present work underlines the need to distinguish between various reaction mechanisms leading to the same products before drawing conclusions about the effect of weak binding on the fusion process. The feasibility of extracting small cross sections from inclusive in-beam gamma-ray measurements for reaction studies near the Coulomb barrier with low intensity isotope separation on-line beams is highlighted

We have studied the reaction p + 27 Al → 3 He + p + π − + X at recoil-free kinematics. An η meson possibly produced in this reaction would be thus almost at rest in the laboratory system and could therefore be bound with high probability, if nuclear η states exist. The decay of such a state through the N * (1535) resonance would lead to a proton-π − pair emitted in opposite directions.For these conditions we find some indication of such a bound state. An upper limit of ≈ 0.5 nb is found.

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