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Back-angle elastic alpha scattering from $sup 89$Y and $sup 90$ $sup 91$ $sup 94$Zr

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., C, v. 12, no. 5, pp. 1447-1451
OSTI ID:4133917
Excitation functions and angular distributions for elastic $alpha$ scattering from target nuclei around A = 90 have been measured in an effort to obtain a precise picture of the cross sections at backward angles. Excitation functions between E/sub alpha/(lab) = 18 through 25 MeV for $alpha$ + $sup 89$Y and $alpha$ + $sup 90$ $sup 91$ $sup 94$Zr have been measured in steps of 500 keV or less at angles between 141$sup 0$ and 176$sup 0$ (lab). Near 180$sup 0$, narrow (about 1 MeV minima, with a drop in cross section by more than an order of magnitude, are observed around E/sub alpha/ = 23 MeV for the $alpha$ + $sup 89$Y and $alpha$ + $sup 90$ $sup 91$Zr elastic scattering. A similar, but less pronounced, structure is seen in the excitation function for $alpha$ + $sup 94$Zr. Angular distributions between 48.5$sup 0$ and 176$sup 0$ (lab) measured at several energies in 2.5$sup 0$ steps show a regular, diffractionlike pattern over the entire angular range. A standard four-parameter Woods-Saxon potential is found to be sufficient to provide a detailed fit to the experimental data including the minima in the excitation functions at back angles. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Sektion Physik, Universitat Muenchen, D-8046 Garching, Germany
NSA Number:
NSA-33-010827
OSTI ID:
4133917
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., C, v. 12, no. 5, pp. 1447-1451, Journal Name: Phys. Rev., C, v. 12, no. 5, pp. 1447-1451; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English