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Direct. gamma. transitions in /sup 12/C+/sup 12/C

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)
OSTI ID:6167319
Preliminary results of an experiment to detect ..gamma.. transitions between the high energy particle unstable structures known in the /sup 12/C+/sup 12/C system are reported. The specific process investigated is (/sup 12/C+/sup 12/C) 25.8 MeV(c.m.)..--> gamma..+(/sup 12/C+/sup 12/C) 19.3 MeV(c.m.)..--> gamma..+/sup 12/C+/sup 12/C (g.s. or 2/sup +/). The initial energy is near the center of the gross structure thought to have J/sup ..pi../ = 14/sup +/, and 19.3 MeV is the energy of the 12/sup +/ intermediate width resonance. An upper limit (one standard deviation) is found (GAMMA/sub ..gamma..//GAMMA)/sub 25.8tsMeV/< or approx. =(1 to 4) x 10/sup -6/ depending on the analysis procedure. This result shows there is no collective ..gamma.. decay between the intermediate width resonances at the energies studied here, and is comparable in size and consistent with resonance-fragmentation models but does not exclude nonresonant ones.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
OSTI ID:
6167319
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 24:5; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English