Collisions around the Coulomb barrier induced by halo and weakly bound nuclei: Recent results at INFN-LNS Catania

The study of collisions around the Coulomb barrier induced by halo and/or weakly bound nuclei has been the object of many publications in the last years. In this paper we will summarize some recent results on the above topic obtained by our group at INFN-LNS Catania. Results concerning collisions induced by the neutron halo nuclei 11Be and 6He on a 64Zn target will be presented and compared with the ones for collisions induced by the stable isotopes 9,10Be and 4He on the same target. Results concerning the study of elastic scattering and fusion reactions in collisions induced by the stable weakly bound nuclei 6,7Li on the same 64Zn target will also be presented and discussed.