Complete and incomplete fusion studies in7Li and16O induced reactions on51V by measurement of excitation functions and recoil ranges

Excitation function and mean projected recoil ranges of nuclei produced in the⁷Li and¹⁶O induced reactions on⁵¹V target were measured by conventional stacked foil and thick-target thick-recoil-catcher technique for bombarding energiesE ≤ 50.0 MeV for⁷Li ions andE ≃ 60.0-96.0 MeV for the¹⁶O ions. The measured recoil ranges are converted to momentum transfer. The momentum transfer information was used to get clues about some aspects of the interaction such as complete and incomplete fusion reaction mechanism which correspond to full and reduced momentum transfer respectively. The measured excitation functions are compared with the calculation based on the statistical model which describes only equilibrium decay of the compound nucleus using the CASCADE code. The comparison of the CASCADE code with the measured excitation functions for the residue radioisotopes⁵¹Cr and⁵⁴Mn for the⁷Li +⁵¹V system indicates the reaction mechanisms is complete fusion of⁷Li with the target nucleus⁵¹V. Similarly the comparison of the CASCADE code with the measured excitation functions of the residue radioisotopes for the system¹⁶O +⁵¹ V indicates that the four reaction mechanisms (i) complete fusion of¹⁶O, (ii) incomplete fusion of¹²C, (iii) incomplete fusion of⁸Be and (iv) incomplete fusion of⁴He respectively with the target might be contributing to reaction cross sections.