Statistical model analysis of fission fragment angular distributions for the system 16 O + 181 Ta

Fission fragment angular distributions have been measured for the fusion of ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}$ with deformed ${}^{181}\mathrm{Ta}$ target, in the energy range 90 MeV to 110 MeV. Combining with the existing data of evaporation residue and fission cross sections in the literature, the fusion cross sections have been determined in the range $1.1l~{E/V}_{B}l~1.6.$ Detailed statistical model analysis of the entire data set has been performed and it has been shown that fission fragment anisotropies calculated are in good agreement with the experimental data. Even at the lowest energy studied, ${(E=1.1V}_{B})$ as there is good agreement between the data and the calculation, it can be concluded that the quasifission effect is negligible at this energy.