ALPHA-PARTICLE PRODUCTION IN HEAVY-ION REACTIONS

Abstract
Evidence from angular distributions and excitation functions of the 12C(12C, α)20Ne reaction suggests that the 7.20 MeV 0+, 7.83 MeV 2+ and 9.03 MeV 4+ states of 20Ne have the quartet configuration [220]. Remarkably similar evidence from the 12C(13C, α)21Ne reaction suggests that the 3.66 MeV 3/2- and the 3.89 MeV 5/2- states may have the configuration of a 1 p1/2 neutron weakly coupled to the [220]2+ quartet configuration. It appears likely that, in both reactions, the states mentioned are populated by a direct or semi-direct reaction mechanism

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