Assessing the impact of valence sd neutrons and protons on fusion

Varinderjit Singh, J. Vadas, T. K. Steinbach +3

Experimental above-barrier fusion cross-sections for ${}^{17}$F + ${}^{12}$C are compared to the fusion excitation functions for ${}^{16,18}$O, ${}^{19}$F, and ${}^{20}$Ne ions on a carbon t…