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Intermediate structure at 19. 7 MeV in the /sup 16/O + /sup 12/C system (a heavy ion resonance)

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5976383
The intermediate width structure observed around 19.7 MeV in excitation functions of the system /sup 16/O + /sup 12/C has been investigated extensively using various techniques. (i) Angular distributions were measured between 19.5 and 21.0 MeV in steps of approximately 125 keV. The elastic scattering angular distributions were investigated with a partial phase-shift analysis. S-matrix elements were determined for a limited number of partial waves at each energy. From the energy dependence of the S-matrix element with partial wave I = 14, it was determined that the 19.7 MeV structure is, in part, due to a resonance with spin J/sup ..pi../ = 14/sup +/, a fact that could not be proven before. (ii) Fine step excitation functions were measured (..delta..E = 11 keV) over the 19.7 MeV structure. These measurements revealed that substructure is present within this energy region. It is argued that this substructure is of statistical origin, i.e., due to formation and decay of a compound nucleus. (iii) Angular correlation measurements were performed for the /sup 12/C(/sup 16/O, /sup 12/C)/sup 16/O(3/sup -/,6.13 MeV) reaction around 19.7 MeV. It was found that the resonant amplitude in this channel is not large enough to dominate the angular correlation function. Therefore, no quantitative analysis was possible and the presence of a resonance could not be shown here.
Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook (USA)
OSTI ID:
5976383
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English