Abstract
Fusion excitation functions for the reactions of {sup 124,132}Sn with {sup 40,48}Ca were measured at energies near and below the Coulomb barrier. Weak sub-barrier fusion enhancement accounted for by coupling to the first 2{sup +} and 3{sup -} states in the target and projectile was observed for {sup 124,132}Sn+{sup 48}Ca. However, the {sup 124,132}Sn+{sup 40}Ca fusion cross sections are very strongly enhanced below the barrier and this difference survives even after correcting for trivial size effects. Although the enhancement appears to be related to the existence of large positive Q values for neutron transfer reactions, it is not proportional to the magnitudes of those Q values, which are much larger for {sup 132}Sn+{sup 40}Ca than for {sup 124}Sn+{sup 40}Ca.
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