Large back-angle quasielastic scattering for ${}^7$Li+${}^{159}$Tb

Abstract

Quasielastic scattering excitation function at large backward angle has been measured for the weakly bound system, ${}^7$Li+${}^{159}$Tb at energies around the Coulomb barrier. The corresponding quasielastic barrier distribution has been derived from the excitation function, both including and excluding the $\hat{I}\pm$-particles produced in the reaction. The centroid of the barrier distribution obtained after inclusion of $\hat{I}\pm$-particles was found to be shifted higher in energy, compared to the distribution excluding the $\hat{I}\pm$-particles. The quasielastic data, excluding the $\hat{I}\pm$-particles, have been analyzed in the framework of continuum discretized coupled channel calculations. The quasielastic barrier distribution for ${}^7$Li+${}^{159}$Tb, has also been compared with the fusion barrier distribution for the system.