Nonpeculiar Behavior of the (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">O</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>16</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math>, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">C</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>12</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math>) Transfer Reaction in the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>s</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>d</mi></math> Shell

J. R. Erskine; W. Henning; D. G. Kovar; L. R. Greenwood; R. M. DeVries

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.680

Nonpeculiar Behavior of the ( ${}^{16}O$ , ${}^{12}C$ ) Transfer Reaction in the $s - d$ Shell

J. R. Erskine, W. Henning, D. G. Kovar, L. R. Greenwood, and R. M. DeVries

Phys. Rev. Lett. 34, 680 – Published 17 March 1975

Abstract

Recent analyses of ( ${}^{16}O$ , ${}^{12}C$ ) four-nucleon transfer data in the $s - d$ shell have suggested (a) that the transfer occurs with the $α$ cluster in its 28.5-MeV excited state, and separately (b) that weakly absorbing optical potentials must be used. Our analysis of four-nucleon transfers measured in the reaction ${}^{24}{Mg}$ ( ${}^{16}O$ , ${}^{12}C$ ) ${}^{28}{Si}$ contradicts such peculiar features in the ( ${}^{16}O$ , ${}^{12}C$ ) reaction, and yields spectroscopic information in agreement with theoretical predictions.