Intermediate Energy Reactions Versus Heavy-Ion Fusion: Light Particle Emission and Post-Saddle Friction in the Presence of Deformation Effects * |
Na Chen,Wei Ye |
Fig.2 (Color online) (a) A change in neutron, proton, and $\alpha$-particle binding energies of $^{240}$Am due to deformation with respect to their values at a spherical shape. (b) Emission barriers of protons and $\alpha$ particles of $^{240}$Am as a function of deformation coordinate $q$. |