Reaction dynamics of proton-rich nuclei at energies around the Coulomb barrier: the cases of $$^7$$Be, $$^8$$B, and $$^{17}$$F

Abstract The exploration of reaction dynamics, particularly the breakup and fusion mechanisms of proton drip-line nuclei at energies around the Coulomb barrier, is crucial in the field of nuclear physics. This study reviews experimental investigations on the reactions induced by proton-rich nuclei, $$^7$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>7</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> Be, $$^8$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>8</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> B, and $$^{17}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>17</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> F, including elastic scattering and direct and fusion reactions at the near-barrier energies. In particular, we briefly introduce complete kinematic measurements of $$^8$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>8</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> B+ $$^{120}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>120</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> Sn and $$^{17}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>17</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> F+ $$^{58}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>58</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> Ni at the energies of interest. Distinct reaction dynamics are observed for proton-rich nuclei compared with neutron-rich nuclei.