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Giant resonance region of $sup 15$N studied by polarized and unpolarized proton capture measurements

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., C, v. 13, no. 3, pp. 922-932
OSTI ID:4014143
The cross sections and the analyzing powers have been measured for the $sup 14$C(p, $gamma$$)$$sup 15$N reaction for proton energies from 4.0 to 16.2 MeV. The corresponding range in excitation energies, 13.94 to 25.33 MeV, covers the region of the giant dipole resonance in $sup 15$N. The five angular distributions measured with unpolarized and with polarized beams at eight energies over this region were analyzed to determine the magnitudes and relative phases of the transition matrix elements. The analysis included E1, M1, and E2 transitions. The observed E1 strength exhausts only about 5% of the classical dipole sum rule. The dominant E1 strength is compared to a shell-model calculation which includes 3p-3h excitations. A fairly uniform distribution of E2 strength is observed which exhausts about 7% of the total energy-weighted sum rule. Although large uncertainties on this result could allow the existence of a giant E2 resonance, the most probable values indicate that no appreciable concentration of E2 strength is observed. (AIP)
Research Organization:
University of Florida
NSA Number:
NSA-33-031696
OSTI ID:
4014143
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., C, v. 13, no. 3, pp. 922-932, Journal Name: Phys. Rev., C, v. 13, no. 3, pp. 922-932; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English