Transfer reactions in 206Pb+118Sn: From quasielastic to deep-inelastic processes

We measured multinucleon transfer reactions for the 206Pb + 118Sn system at Elab = 1200 MeV by employing the large solid angle magnetic spectrometer PRISMA. Differential and total cross sections and Q-value distri-butions have been obtained for a variety of neutron and proton pick-up and stripping channels. The Q-value distributions show how the quasielastic and deep inelastic processes depend on the mass and charge of the transfer products. The corresponding cross sections have been compared with calculations performed with the GRAZING code. An overall good agreement is found for most of the few nucleon transfer channels. The underestimation of the data for channels involving a large number of transferred nucleons indicates that more complicated processes populate the given isotopes.

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We measured multinucleon transfer reactions for the 206Pb + 118Sn system at Elab = 1200 MeV using the large solid angle magnetic spectrometer PRISMA. Differential and total cross sections and Q-value distributions were obtained for various neutron and proton pick-up and stripping channels. The Q-value distributions reveal the dependence of quasielastic and deep inelastic processes on the transfer products' mass and charge. Comparison with calculations performed with the GRAZING code showed a good overall agreement for most few nucleon transfer channels, but underestimation of data for channels involving a large number of transferred nucleons suggests the occurrence of more complicated processes.