The inclusive breakup for the 11 Li þ 208 Pb reaction at energies around the Coulomb barrier has been measured for the first time. A sizable yield of 9 Li following the 11 Li dissociation has been observed, even at energies well below the Coulomb barrier. Using the first-order semiclassical perturbation theory of Coulomb excitation it is shown that the breakup probability data measured at small angles can be used to extract effective breakup energy as well as the slope of BðE1Þ distribution close to the threshold. Fourbody continuum-discretized coupled-channels calculations, including both nuclear and Coulomb couplings between the target and projectile to all orders, reproduce the measured inclusive breakup cross sections and support the presence of a dipole resonance in the 11 Li continuum at low excitation energy.

Experimental results of the elastic scattering of 6 He on 208 Pb at E LAB = 22 MeV, measured at the CRC facility (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), are presented, including results on the 4 He production channel. These data were taken with full angular coverage and high angular resolution. Both experimental cross sections are compared with continuum discretized coupled channels and distorted-wave Born approximation calculations, where direct breakup and transfer to the continuum processes are considered. The elastic data confirm the absence of the Coulomb rainbow, while the distribution of α particles indicates that such production is mostly generated by transfer to the continuum.

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