Evidence of large nuclear deformation of $^{32}$S$^{*}$ formed in   $^{20}$Ne + $^{12}$C reaction
  Deformations of hot composite $^{32}$S$^{*}$ formed in the reaction $^{20}$Ne ($\sim$ 7 -- 10 MeV/nucleon) + $^{12}$C have been estimated from the respective inclusive $\alpha$-particle evaporation spectra. The estimated deformations for $^{32}$S$^{*}$ have been found to be much larger than the `normal' deformations of hot, rotating composites at similar excitations. This further confirms the formation of highly deformed long-lived configuration of $^{20}$Ne + $^{12}$C at high excitations ($\sim$ 70 -- 100 MeV) -- which was recently indicated from the analysis of the complex fragment emission data for the same system. Exclusive $\alpha$-particle evaporation spectra from the decay of hot composite $^{32}$S$^{*}$ also show similar behaviour. 
Aparajita Dey, S. Bhattacharya, C. Bhattacharya, K. Banerjee, T.K.   Rana, S. Kundu, S. Mukhopadhyay, D. Gupta, R. Saha