In this Report we give a balanced account of the experimental and theoretical advances
acquired over the last decade in the field of near-barrier fusion reactions induced by weakly …

In this review the main advances in heavy-ion fusion research that have taken place over the
last decade are addressed. During this period, experimental studies have been extended to …

Low-energy heavy-ion fusion reactions are governed by quantum tunneling through the
Coulomb barrier formed by the strong cancellation of the repulsive Coulomb force with the …

Microscopic methods and tools to describe nuclear dynamics have considerably been
improved in the past few years. They are based on the time-dependent Hartree–Fock …

The study of fusion reactions at extreme sub-barrier energies has seen an increased interest
in recent years, although difficult to measure due to their very small cross sections. Such …

Atomic nuclei are composite systems, and they may be dynamically excited during nuclear
reactions. Such excitations are not only relevant to inelastic scattering but they also affect …

Carbon burning is a critical phase for nucleosynthesis in massive stars. The conditions for
igniting this burning stage, and the subsequent isotope composition of the resulting ashes …

The effect of pairing correlation on transfer reaction below the Coulomb barrier is
investigated qualitatively and quantitatively using a simplified version of the time-dependent …

The fusion excitation function of 40 Ca+ 40 Ca has been measured from well above the
Coulomb barrier, down to low energies where the cross section is as small as≃ 20 μ b, and …

The Pauli exclusion principle induces a repulsion between composite systems of identical
fermions such as colliding atomic nuclei. Our goal is to study how heavy-ion fusion is …