Clustering effects in fusion evaporation reactions with light even-even N=Z nuclei

In the recent years, cluster structures have been evidenced in many ground and excited states of light nuclei [1, 2]. In the currently experimental campaign, the NUCL-EX collaboration has measured the C-12+C-12 and N-14+B-10 reactions at 95 MeV and 80 MeV respectively. The experimental data corresponding to complete fusion of target and projectile into an excited Mg-24 nucleus was compared to the results of a pure statistical model [3, 4]. In addition, data from C-12+C-12 have been analyzed to investigate the decay of the Hoyle state of C-12* [12] obtained as an intermediate step in the 6 alpha decay channel of the Mg-24* formed in central events.