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Fusion reactions are initiated by capture of two incident nuclei to form a quasistable dinuclear complex. Excitation functions for such capture reactions have been measured in bombardments with ²⁰⁸Pb on targets of ²⁶Mg, ²⁷Al, ⁴⁸Ca, ⁵⁰Ti, ⁵²Cr, and ⁵⁸Fe. Compared with standard fusion models, based on the interaction of rigid spheres, the experiments show major deviations. These are explained by a dynamical model that takes deformations induced upon contact into account.
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