Direct and fusion carbon reaction components in the /sup 6/Li+/sup 12/C reaction at 30 MeV

Statistical model calculations for the interaction of /sup 6/Li with /sup 12/C at 30 MeV show that a considerable fraction of the carbon production is produced via complete fusion. This result suggests that the continuum cross section of 700 +- 125 mb measured earlier for /sup 6/Li+ /sup 12/C has carbon fusion residuals included in the sum and hence does not arise solely from direct breakup. Statistical model calculations are able to predict the background continuum in the carbon energy spectra and when used with measured angular distributions determine a direct breakup cross section of 390 mb. Measured alpha spectra for the /sup 6/Li+ /sup 12/C reaction are also presented. They provide a further test of the statistical model predictions for /sup 6/Li+ /sup 12/C.