Relations between fusion cross sections and average angular momenta

Abstract

We study the relations between moments of fusion cross sections and averages of angular momentum. The role of the centrifugal barrier and the target deformation in determining the effective barrier radius are clarified. A simple method for extracting average angular momentum from fusion cross sections is demonstrated using numerical examples as well as actual data.

16 REVTeX pages plus 8 included Postscript figures (uses the epsf macro); submitted to Phys. Rev. C; also available at http://nucth.physics.wisc.edu/preprints

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