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Survey of the (. alpha. , sup 2 He) reaction on fp -shell nuclei

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (USA)
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  1. Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universitaet Bonn, Bonn (Federal Republic of Germany)
The ({alpha},{sup 2}He) reaction has been investigated at bombarding energies around 56 MeV on targets of {sup 40,42,44,48}Ca, {sup 50,52,54}Cr, {sup 54,56,58}Fe, {sup 58,60,62,64}Ni, {sup 64,66}Zn, and {sup 70,72}Ge. The angular distributions of prominent two-neutron states were analyzed with the distorted-wave Born approximation. Preferential population of states with dominant ({ital f}{sub 5/2},{ital g}{sub 9/2}){sub 7{sup {minus}}}, ({ital g}{sub 9/2}){sub 8{sup +}}{sup 2}, and ({ital g}{sub 9/2},{ital d}{sub 5/2}){sub 6{sup +}} configurations was observed for all nuclei with a closed {ital f}{sub 7/2} neutron shell. The binding energies of the 7{sup {minus}}, 8{sup +}, and 6{sup +} states are linearly dependent on the mass number and the isospin and well described by the weak-coupling model. The extracted parameters agree with the averaged values of a similar analysis for {ital f}{sub 5/2}, {ital g}{sub 9/2}, and {ital d}{sub 5/2} single-particle states in the corresponding odd-even nuclei. The excitation energies of the high-spin states could be well reproduced by a simplified shell model where only pure configurations are considered and the residual interaction energy is neglected. The simple structure of the experimentally observed states is further tested by large-scale shell-model calculations. Two-body matrix elements are extracted from the data for the ({ital f}{sub 5/2},{ital g}{sub 9/2}){sub 7{sup {minus}}} and ({ital g}{sub 9/2}){sub 8{sup +}}{sup 2} configurations.
OSTI ID:
6098655
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (USA) Vol. 42:6; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English