Excitation functions for Fr208-211 produced in the O-18+Au-197 fusion reaction

Excitation functions for 208\u2013211Fr isotopes produced in the 18O+197Au fusion-evaporation reaction have been measured at Elab=75\u2013130 MeV via characteristic \u3b1 decays by means of an electrostatic deflector and a semiconductor detector. Data have been compared with calculations giving barrier-passing (capture) cross sections and probabilities of the compound nucleus decay into different channels according to the standard statistical model