α-Particle Model ofO16

Lifetimes of the four lowest excited states of ${\mathrm{O}}^{16}$ were calculated on the $\alpha$-particle model and are here compared with experimentally observed values. In addition, the computation of energy levels on each of the two possible level identification schemes has been extended to include all predicted energy levels up to 16 Mev, and compared with the current experimental data. Lastly, the $\alpha$-particle model was used to provide the core wave function of a partially-excited-core shell model of ${\mathrm{O}}^{17}$, and the lifetime of the ${\mathrm{½}}^{+}$ 870-kev state of ${\mathrm{O}}^{17}$ and the electric quadrupole and magnetic moments of the ground state were computed and are compared with experimental values.