Barrier modification in sub-barrier fusion reactions using Dynamical   cluster-decay and extended-Wong models
  Fusion-evaporation cross-sections {\sigma}evr in reactions known for fusion hindrance phenomenon in coupled-channels calculations at below-barrier energies, are studied in terms of the dynamical cluster-decay model (DCM) of one of us (RKG) and Collaborators and the Wong formula extended by us, both based on proximity potential, by using the concept of "barrier modification" at sub-barrier energies, first advocated by Misicu and Esbensen for M3Y potential. The DCM is shown to contain the "barrier lowering" as its inbuilt characteristic, and the same is found essential, and introduced empirically, in the extended-Wong formula. 
Raj Kumar, Manie Bansal and Raj K. Gupta
nucl-th