Abstract
Excitation functions for (), (), and () reactions on were measured with the internal 22-Mev proton beam of the 86-inch cyclotron. The results are compared with the excitation functions obtained for the reactions produced by 29-Mev nitrogen ions on carbon in the 63-inch cyclotron. Both sets of reactions may proceed via the same compound nucleus, . After corrections for the barrier penetrations of the incident particles, the (N, ) and () results are quite comparable. The corrected (N, ) and (N, ) cross sections are larger than those for the corresponding proton-induced reactions by factors of about two and four respectively, indicating that processes other than conventional compound nucleus formation are involved in these nitrogen-induced reactions. The shape of the excitation functions for the nitrogen-induced reactions indicates that the protons and alpha particles are emitted from nearly spherical nuclei with charge equal to that of the compound nucleus; direct interactions such as stripping are thus excluded.
- Received 19 August 1954
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.96.1617
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