Heavy-Ion-Induced Single-Nucleon Transfer Reactions in the Zr-Mo Region

Abstract
The (O16, N15) and (O16, O15) reactions on targets of Zr90,91,94, Mo92, and Nb93 have been investigated with a 104-MeV O16 beam from the Berkeley 88-in. cyclotron. Spectra for the (O16, O17) reaction (leading to the ground states of Zr90,93) and for the (C12, B11) reaction on Zr90 and Mo92 at 78 MeV were also obtained. Outgoing heavy ions were detected in the focal plane of a magnetic spectrometer with a Borkowski-Kopp type position-sensitive proportional counter backed by a plastic scintillator. The (O16, N15) and (O16, O15) data indicate a preference for high-angular-momentum transfer similar to (but less pronounced than) that shown by the (α,t) and (α, He3) reactions on the same targets. No evidence for a multistep excitation of core-excited states is apparent from the present data.