Inelastic Scattering of 10.2-MeV Protons byN14

The inelastic scattering of protons from ${\mathrm{N}}^{14}$ was studied at an incident proton energy of 10.2 MeV. Proton groups were observed corresponding to all the well-established ${\mathrm{N}}^{14}$ states below 8.0 MeV. No evidence was obtained for the levels at 7.60, 7.40, 6.60, and 6.05 MeV which were previously reported in this reaction. Angular distributions and total cross sections were measured for inelastic scattering to the ${\mathrm{N}}^{14}$ states between 3.95 and 7.03 MeV. The relative cross sections are found to be in rather good agreement with shell-model predictions.