Note: Cover -- Fundamentals and Applications of Heavy Ion Collisions -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.1.1 Artificial radioactivity -- 1.1.2 Neutron era -- 1.2 Classification of Ions and Research with Accelerated Light Ions -- 1.3 Accelerated Heavy Ions -- 1.4 Special Features of Heavy Ions -- 1.5 Motivation for this Book -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Tools, Reaction Mechanism and Computer Codes -- 2.1 Complete Fusion of Heavy Ions -- 2.1.1 Hauser-Feshbach formalism for spinless particles -- 2.1.2 Level width and level separation -- 2.1.3 Evaporation spectra -- 2.1.4 Width fluctuation correction -- 2.1.5 Effective transmission coefficients -- 2.1.6 De-excitation sequence of the compound nucleus -- 2.2 The Pre-equilibrium Emission in Statistical Nuclear Reactions -- 2.2.1 The exciton model -- 2.2.2 The Harp-Miller-Berne (HMB) model -- 2.2.3 The hybrid model -- 2.2.4 The intra-nuclear cascade model -- 2.2.5 The totally quantum mechanical model of pre-equilibrium emission -- 2.3 The Incomplete Fusion of Heavy Ions -- 2.3.1 The hot spot model -- 2.3.2 The promptly-emitted particles (PEPs) model -- 2.3.3 The sum rule model -- 2.3.4 Breakup fusion model (BUF) -- 2.4 Computer Codes -- 2.4.1 Computer code PACE 4 -- 2.4.2 Computer code CASCADE -- 2.4.3 Computer codes GNASH and McGNASH -- 2.4.4 Computer code ALICE 91 and ALICE IPPE -- 2.4.5 The computer code EMPIRE -- Chapter 3: Experimental Details and Formulations -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Formulations for Measuring Cross-section -- 3.3 Experimental Details -- 3.3.1 Off-beam experiments -- 3.3.2 Pelletron accelerator at the IUAC, New Delhi -- 3.3.3 Experimental details for the measurement of excitation functions -- 3.4 Target Preparation -- 3.5 Sample Irradiation by HI Beam. , 3.6 Post-irradiation Analysis -- 3.6.1 Calibration of HPGe detector and efficiency measurement -- 3.6.2 Identification of reaction residues -- 3.7 Measurement of Recoil Range Distribution (RRD) of Heavy Residues -- 3.7.1 Target and catcher foil preparation for RRD measurements -- 3.8 Measurement of Angular Distribution of Residues -- 3.9 In-beam Experiments -- 3.9.1 Target preparation -- 3.9.2 Experimental setup used -- 3.9.3 The gamma detector array (GDA) setup -- 3.9.4 Charged particle detector array (CPDA) setup -- 3.9.5 Irradiations for spin distribution measurement -- Chapter 4: Measurements -- 4.1 Measurement of Excitation Functions and their Analysis -- 4.1.1 Reactions initiated by 12C beam -- 4.1.2 Reactions initiated by 13C beam -- 4.1.3 Reactions initiated by 14N beam -- 4.1.4 Reactions initiated by 16O beam -- 4.1.5 Reactions initiated by 18O beam -- 4.1.6 Reactions initiated by 19F beam -- 4.2 Measurement of Recoil Range Distributions (RRD) and their Analysis -- 4.2.1 Recoil range distribution for the system 12C+159Tb -- 4.2.2 Recoil range distribution for the system 16O+159Tb -- 4.2.3 Recoil range distribution for the system 16O+169Tm -- 4.2.4 Recoil range distribution for the system 16O+181Ta -- 4.3 Measurement of Angular Distribution of Heavy Residues and their Analysis -- 4.3.1 Angular distribution of residues emitted from the system 16O+169Tm -- 4.3.2 Angular distributions of the residues emitted from 16O+27Al system -- 4.4 Measurement of Spin Distribution and Feeding Intensity Profiles -- 4.4.1 Measurement of spin distribution and feeding intensity for the system 16O+169Tm -- 4.4.2 Measured spin distribution and feeding intensity profile for the 12C+169Tm system -- 4.5 Measurement of Pre-equilibrium Component in Heavy Ion Reactions at < -- 10 MeV/n Energy -- 4.5.1 Measurement of pre-equilibrium component in the 16O+169Tm system. , 4.5.2 Measurement of pre-equilibrium components in 16O+159Tb, 16O+169Tm and 16O +181Ta systems -- Chapter 5: Results and Conclusions -- 5.1 Incomplete Fusion below 10 MeV/A Energy and its Dependence on Entrance Channel Parameters -- 5.1.1 Dependence of ICF on projectile structure and incident energy -- 5.1.2 Dependence of ICF on mass asymmetry -- 5.1.3 Dependence of ICF on a Q value of the projectile -- 5.1.4 Dependence of ICF on the Coulomb factor (ZP.ZT) -- 5.1.5 Angular momentum (l) distribution and mean input angular momentum for complete and incomplete fusion reactions -- 5.2 Pre-equilibrium Emission in Heavy Ion Reactions at Energies < -- 10 MeV/A -- 5.3 Applications of Heavy Ion Reactions at Energy < -- 10 MeV/A -- 5.3.1 Study of high spin states populated via incomplete fusion -- 5.3.2 Incomplete fusion and synthesis of super heavy elements -- 5.2.3 Incomplete fusion and production of isotopes of special interest -- Appendix -- References -- Index.