Raul Donangelo

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature on heavy-ion fusion at low energies is presented, with special emphasis given to the fusion of loosely bound stable and unstable projectiles, and the experimental challenges encountered in the measurement of the fusion cross section of these systems are pointed out.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that increased spatial correlation may serve as a more powerful early warning signal in systems consisting of many coupled units, provided that there is sufficient spatial heterogeneity and connectivity in the system.

TL;DR: In this paper, a statistical formulation of the multifragmentation of finite nuclei is given, which considers the generalization of the liquid-drop model for hot nuclei and allows one to calculate thermodynamic quantities characterizing the nuclear ensemble at the disassembly stage.

TL;DR: In this paper, the fragmentation of a hot nuclear system is studied in a statistical model and the partitions of the system are calculated by means of a Monte Carlo technique, and the resulting mass spectra, multiplicity distributions, average values of temperature, entropy, heat capacity and break-up density are presented and discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors 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 bound stable and unstable nuclei.