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Electroexcitation of 6 sup minus states in sup 32 S

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (USA)
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  1. Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (USA) Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (USA)
  2. The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (USA)
  3. Sektie Kernfysica, Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge-Energiefysica, 1009 AJ Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
  4. Department of Physics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC (USA)
  5. Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (USA) Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (USA)
  6. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (USA)
Inelastic electron scattering is used to identify nine stretched isovector {ital T}{sub {gt}} ({ital T}{sub 0}{r arrow}{ital T}{sub 0}+1) {ital M}6 transitions in {sup 32}S ({ital T}{sub 0}=0) which exhaust (77{plus minus}17)% of the extreme single-particle-hole-model sum rule. This is the first time that several prominent {ital T}{sub {gt}} electromagnetic stretched transitions have been observed in a self-conjugate nucleus and the first time that such a large fraction of the sum rule has been observed. These effects are primarily due to the presence of spectator nucleons in the 2{ital s}{sub 1/2} orbit, as substantiated by shell-model calculations.
OSTI ID:
6473486
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 65:5; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English