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The excitation function and angular distributions of elastic α-particle scattering on 28Si have been measured in the laboratory energy range 6-28 MeV using a backscattering technique on a thick target, yielding a continuous energy distribution. More than 200 narrow states are observed, with widths in the range ∼ 30-100 keV at excitation energies E * = 13-32 MeV. Angular distributions at backward angles were measured, and angular momentum values of more than 83 states have been deduced. The analysis gives spin-parities J π, α-partial widths Γα and reduced widths of the narrow high-lying resonant states in 32S. The experimentally observed states display both the negative- and the positive-parity rotational-like sequences with seemingly no parity splitting, a finding which is at variance with most potential-model predictions. The deduced effective moment of inertia indicates a more extended structure than the ground-state configuration. The observed strength of each ℓ-value is analyzed in terms of an underlying split doorway state of Lorentzian form, which yields an interpretation as fragmented rotational α + 28Si states.
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Received: 26 June 2000 / Accepted: 16 September 2002 / Published online: 4 February 2003
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Källman, KM., Brenner, M., Goldberg, V. et al. Narrow α + 28Si elastic-scattering states at high excitation in 32S. Eur Phys J A 16, 159–169 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2000-10158-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2000-10158-9