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Search for. gamma. rays from the quasimolecular /sup 12/C+/sup 12/C system

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)
An upper limit (three standard deviations) of 8 x 10/sup -6/ has been determined for the branching ratio of gamma to particle decay of the 14/sup +/ resonance at E/sub c.m./ = 25.2 MeV in the /sup 12/C+/sup 12/C system. This limit is a factor of 2--3 lower than theoretically expected for an interpretation of the intermediate structure resonances as quasimolecular states in /sup 24/Mg, making this hypothesis unlikely. The experimental limit is consistent with an interpretation of these structures as shape resonances in a direct reaction process.
Research Organization:
Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
OSTI ID:
5650070
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 25:3; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English