Collisions induced by halo and weakly bound nuclei around the Coulomb barrier: Results at INFN-LNS Catania.

The study of collisions around the Coulomb barrier induced by halo and/or weakly bound nuclei has been the object of many publications in the last years, since the peculiar structure of such nuclei can strongly affect the reaction dynamics. In this paper we will summarize some results on the above topic obtained by our group at INFN-LNS Catania. Results concerning the study of elastic scattering and different reaction mechanisms in collisions induced by the halo nuclei ¹¹Be and ⁶He and by the weakly bound stable nuclei ^6,7Li on a ⁶⁴Zn target, at energies around the Coulomb barrier, will be presented. The conclusions of our studies will be compared with the ones of other authors, in order to show if clear systematic conclusions can be drawn from the different papers published in the literature so far. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]