https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611706013
Measuring fusion excitation functions with RIBs using the stacked target technique: Problems and possible solutions
1 INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, I-95123 Catania, Italy
2 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, JCMB, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK
3 Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia, via S. Sofia 64, I-95125 Catania Italy
4 CNR-IMM MATIS, via S. Sofia 64, Catania, Italy
5 TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
6 Ruder Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Published online: 11 May 2016
For measuring fusion excitation functions, the activation technique with a stack of targets offers the considerable advantage that several reaction energies may be simultaneously measured by using one beam energy. However, its main drawback is the degradation of the beam quality as it passes through the stack due to statistical nature of energy loss processes and any non-uniformity of the stacked targets. If not taken properly into account, this degradation can lead to a wrong determination of the fusion excitation function. In this contribution some results of the investigation of this problem are reported.
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