Abstract
We have measured the nonelastic cross section for 40-MeV alpha particle for 19 target elements ranging in atomic, weight between 9 and 232. The results have been compared with the predictions of the optical model . The ratio deviates from unity in a systematic fashion being less than 1 for the lightest elements and greater than 1 for the heaviest. Superimposed on this trend, dips by 18% for elements where the nuclear charge is near 28. A similar effect had been noted earlier in proton-reaction cross-section data but not in deuteron-reaction cross-section data.
- Received 31 January 1963
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.131.1251
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