MULTINUCLEON TRANSFER-REACTIONS AND FUSION WITH UNSTABLE NUCLEI

We show that a large number of neutrons are expected to be transferred from the projectile to the target if a neutron rich unstable nucleus with a neutron skin is used as the projectile in heavy-ion collisions at energies about twice the Coulomb barrier. We then show that though the neutron halo enhances the fusion cross section through the side ef fect, the additional effect due to the molecular bond formation is not -significant in the fusion between Li-11 and Li-9 at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier.