Angular correlation study of some highly excited levels of 16O

Abstract
Angular correlation measurements at 0° involving the reaction 12C(6 Li, d)16O → α0 + 12C g.s. have been used to study several highly excited states in 16O, between 20 and 24 MeV. The method has been tested using the known 6+ at 16.3 MeV. No indication of a 8+ level was found from detailed analysis around the 20.9 broad peak; our result is in agreement with earlier assignment of 7- for this level. A spin 6 is assigned to the 21.8 level, observed in (6Li, d) and (7Li, t) data