Atomic-Excitation Effects on Nuclear Reactions

W. J. Thompson; J. F. Wilkerson; T. B. Clegg; J. M. Feagin; E. J. Ludwig; E. Merzbacher

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.703

Atomic-Excitation Effects on Nuclear Reactions

W. J. Thompson, J. F. Wilkerson, T. B. Clegg, J. M. Feagin, E. J. Ludwig, and E. Merzbacher

Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 703 – Published 1 September 1980

Abstract

Atomic-excitation effects arising from sudden nuclear recoil are shown to be a significant factor in broadening the 14.23-MeV resonance in ${}^{12}C$ ( $p$ , $p$ ) ${}^{12}C$ measured with a high—energy-resolution polarized beam. The total width of the resonance is found to be 1010 ±30 eV.

Received 5 June 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.703

Authors & Affiliations

W. J. Thompson, J. F. Wilkerson, T. B. Clegg, J. M. Feagin, E. J. Ludwig, and E. Merzbacher

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27706