| A method for distinguishing complete momentum transfer reactions from other types of reaction mechanisms is discussed. The nuclear reactions used to perform this study were ;In order to distinguish the complete momentum transfer reactions from the other reaction mechanisms, transformations into the center of mass frame were made. By examining the symmetry of the center of mass velocity distributions obtained (assuming a symmetric center of mass angular distribution), information on the reaction process could be made evident. Specifically, for complete momentum transfer reactions, it is expected that the heavy residues will display a symmetry about 90;A statistical model analysis is also performed and then compared to the data. Most of the data is shown to be due to a complete momentum transfer process and good agreement between the statistical model predictions and the data is realized. |
