Rm. Anjos et al., CAN FUSION, ELASTIC AND INELASTIC-SCATTERING OF HEAVY-IONS BE UNDERSTOOD, WITHOUT A SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS OF THEM, Journal of physics. G, Nuclear and particle physics, 23(10), 1997, pp. 1423-1429
We present examples of situations where the absence of a simultaneous
analysis of the scattering and reaction mechanisms leads to an incompl
ete or even false understanding of these processes. The optical model
analysis of the elastic scattering gives rise to different values of r
eaction cross sections, while the simple analysis of the fusion excita
tion functions may lead to ambiguous or wrong conclusions. Data for th
e N-14+Co-59 system obtained by our group is used in the analysis.