22 research outputs found
alpha-decay of excited states in 11C and 11B
Studies of the 16O(9Be,alpha7Be)14C and 7Li(9Be,alpha7Li)5He reactions at
E{beam}=70 MeV have been performed using resonant particle spectroscopy
techniques. The 11C excited states decaying into alpha+7Be(gs) are observed at
8.65, 9.85, 10.7 and 12.1 MeV as well as possible states at 12.6 and 13.4 MeV.
This result is the first observation of alpha-decay for excited states above 9
MeV. The alpha+7Li(gs) decay of 11B excited states at 9.2, 10.3, 10.55, 11.2,
(11.4), 11.8, 12.5,(13.0), 13.1, (14.0), 14.35, (17.4) and (18.6) MeV is
observed. The decay processes are used to indicate the possible three-centre
2alpha+3He(3H) cluster structure of observed states. Two rotational bands
corresponding to very deformed structures are suggested for the positive-parity
states. Excitations of some observed T=1/2 resonances coincide with the
energies of T=3/2 states which are the isobaric analogs of the lowest 11Be
states. Some of these states may have mixed isospin.Comment: accepted for publication in Nuclear Physics
Opportunities For The Transfer of Astronomical Technology to Medicine
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Study of the 12-C(7-Li,t)16-O α Transfer Reaction at High Energies
This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 87-1440
Commissioning of the MAGNEX large-acceptance spectrometer
The MAGNEX large-acceptance spectrometer has been
commissioned with beams from the Tandem accelerator
at INFN-LNS Catania. The optics were tested
with elastically-scattered 7Li, 16O and 48Ti
beams with various apertures mounted after the target.
The momentum dispersion was verified to be in agreement with
the optics calculations.
A demonstration of the particle identification capabilities
of the PSD start detector and the focal plane detector
was given by a measurement of the 27Al(7Li,6Li)28Al
transfer reaction at
a mean angle of 25°. The measured charge
state distribution of 48Ti ions is
in agreement with predictions for a gold stripping foil.
Preliminary
results of the software reconstruction of incident angle and
excitation energy, obtained through matrices based
on a 3D-interpolation of the measured field maps, are encouraging