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.3 (Color online) Post-saddle protons (top panel) and $\alpha$ particles (bottom panel) versus the post-saddle friction strength $\beta$ in the absence ((a) and (c)) and in the presence ((b) and (d)) of deformation effects for heavy system $^{240}$Am calculated for case (i) $E^* = 80$ MeV and $\ell = 40\hbar$, case (ii) $E^* = 250$ MeV and $\ell = 10\hbar$, and case (iii) $E^* = 200$ MeV and $\ell = 40\hbar$.