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Evidence for surface. alpha. -particle clusters in (nat)Ag(197)Au from the (e,. alpha. ) reaction

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5309145
The (nat) Ag and (197) Au (e,p) and (e, {alpha}) energy and angular distributions were measured at 6 electron bombarding energies between 50 and 115 MeV at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The (nat) Ag and (197) Au (e,p) angular distributions exhibit an asymmetric component which increases from 0 to 50% as the proton energy increases from the proton Coulomb barrier to 26 MeV. The (nat) Ag and (197) Au (e, {alpha}) angular distributions exhibit an asymmetric component which increases from 0 to 30% as the {alpha} energy increases from the {alpha} particle Coulomb barrier to 26 MeV. The authors conclude that the asymmetric component of the proton and {alpha} particle yields are the result of direct or semidirect processes rather than resonance processes and hence, because of the short mean free paths of {alpha} particles in nuclear matter, give evidence for the existence of {alpha} particle clusters in the nuclear surface.
Research Organization:
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (PL), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
OSTI ID:
5309145
Report Number(s):
PB-91-216812/XAB; NISTIR--4495
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English