Stretched two-neutron configurations inSi30studied with theSi28(α,He2)Si30reaction

Abstract
The Si28(α,He2)Si30 reaction is found to be highly selective in the population of high-spin states. Under the assumption of (simple) shell-model wave functions the angular distributions can be well described by distorted-wave Born approximation calculations with an optical-model parameter set identical to that used in the analysis of the Si28(α,d)P30 reacti at Eα=50 MeV. Two previously unobserved states at Ex=8.93 and 10.64 MeV are suggested to both have Jπ=6+.