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W. D. Rae; R. G. Stokstad; B. G. Harvey; A. Dacal; R. Legrain; J. Mahoney; M. J. Murphy; T. J. M. Symons

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.884

Molecular Resonances and the Production of Fast $α$ Particles in the Reaction of ${}^{16}O$ with ${}^{12, 13}C$ Nuclei

W. D. Rae, R. G. Stokstad, B. G. Harvey, A. Dacal, R. Legrain, J. Mahoney, M. J. Murphy, and T. J. M. Symons

Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 884 – Published 15 September 1980

Abstract

A search was made for a resonant, final-state interaction between carbon ions produced in the reactions ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{16}O$ → $α$ + ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{12}C$ and ${}^{13}C$ + ${}^{16}O$ → $α$ + ${}^{12}C$ + ${}^{13}C$ at $E_{lab} = 140$ MeV. However, the $α$ - ${}^{12}C$ coincidence spectra for both ${}^{12}C$ and ${}^{13}C$ targets were instead found to be dominated by the excitation and subsequent $α$ decay of states in the projectile.

Received 7 July 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.884

Authors & Affiliations

W. D. Rae, R. G. Stokstad, B. G. Harvey, A. Dacal^*, R. Legrain^†, J. Mahoney, M. J. Murphy, and T. J. M. Symons

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

^*Permanent address: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Instituto de Física, México 20, D. F., Mexico.
^†Permanent address: Départment de Physique Nucléaire/Basses Energies, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.