Abstract
The scattering of alpha particles from helium has been experimentally studied in the energy range 5 to 9 Mev by the measurement of three excitation functions at the center-of-mass angles 30° 33′, 54° 44′, and 70° 7′. A phase-shift analysis has been performed which indicates that only the - and -wave phase shifts are necessary to fit the data in this energy region. Only the well-known state at approximately 2.9 Mev in was observed. The state has been compared to the single-level dispersion theory and level parameters have been extracted which are compatible with the alpha-particle model of .
- Received 13 August 1959
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.117.525
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