Abstract
Energy levels of the nucleus have been measured by measuring the kinetic energies of proton groups produced in the bombardment of thin beryllium targets with 2-Mev lithium ions, causing the reaction . The energy levels found were at 0.62, 2.48, 3.08, 4.26, 5.93, 6.58, and 8.18 Mev above the ground state. A continuum of particles was interpreted as due partly to . The ground state and the lowest levels were compared with levels in ; the presence of the lowest level at 11.61 Mev in was confirmed. Comparison with the low-lying levels in revealed similarity suggested by the analogous shell structures of the two nuclei and .
- Received 8 July 1957
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.108.421
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