Inelastic scattering and nucleon transfer in the system²³²Th+²⁰⁶Pb near the Coulomb barrier

Nucleon transfer accompanied by Coulomb excitation was studied in the system²⁰⁶Pb+²³²Th at E_Lab=6.4 MeV/u. Particle-particle-gamma coincidence techniques were used to identify excited states of reaction products populated through inelastic scattering and nucleon transfer reactions. The mean excitation energy was measured by means of a γ-ray energy and multiplicity filter consisting of 6 NaI detectors. Large cross sections for one-neutron and two-neutron pick-up from²³²Th are observed. The impact-parameter dependence of the neutron transfer is analyzed in terms of semiclassical barrier penetration models. Using realistic neutron potentials with a diffuse surface, the experimental data are in accordance with the assumption of a "cold" transfer to states near the yrast line.