Abstract
The neutron decay of excited states of and has been investigated in the reaction at E/A=35 MeV. Specifically, the production of the 2.255 MeV unbound state in and the 7.456 MeV unbound state in have been measured. Comparison of the production of those two states to that of previously measured lower-lying excited states indicates a nuclear temperature of 3.0(4) MeV. The fraction of the and nuclei from the neutron decay of these states is 6(2)% and 4(1)%, respectively, which is significant in that it can resolve some of the discrepancies between recent nuclear temperature measurements.
- Received 15 January 1987
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.36.203
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