Molecular Resonances in <span class="aps-inline-formula"><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></span> + <span class="aps-inline-formula"><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></span> Inelastic Scattering

T. M. Cormier; J. Applegate; G. M. Berkowitz; P. Braun-Munzinger; P. M. Cormier; J. W. Harris; C. M. Jachcinski; L. L. Lee, Jr; J. Barrette; H. E. Wegner

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.940

Molecular Resonances in ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{12}C$ Inelastic Scattering

T. M. Cormier, J. Applegate, G. M. Berkowitz, P. Braun-Munzinger, P. M. Cormier, J. W. Harris, C. M. Jachcinski, L. L. Lee, Jr., J. Barrette, and H. E. Wegner

Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 940 – Published 25 April 1977

Abstract

The energy dependence of the total cross section for the mutual inelastic scattering reaction ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{12}C$ → ${}^{12}C$ ( $2_{1}^{+}$ ) + ${}^{12}C$ ( $2_{1}^{+}$ ) has been measured from $E_{c . m .} ({}^{12}C) = 15 to 45$ MeV. A rotationlike sequence of resonances is observed with strengths up to 17% of the unitarity limit and widths approaching the ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{12}C$ single-particle width.