Gamma-Ray Studies of C-12+Ne-20 Reactions

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1982

Publication Source

Physical Review C

Volume Number

25

Issue Number

3

First Page

1420

Last Page

1431

Publisher

American Physical Society

ISSN

0556-2813

Comments

The article was written by Paul DeYoung during his time at the University of Notre Dame.

Abstract

Excitation functions for the yields of ten residual nuclides from the 12C+20Ne reaction have been measured over the range Ec.m.=11-33 MeV in steps of 150 keV, using γ-ray techniques. The magnitude and energy dependence of the excitation functions for most partial yields, as well as for the total fusion yield, closely resemble those from the 16O+16O system when compared at the same compound-nuclear excitation energy. The total fusion yield exhibits strong anomalies at Ec.m.=22.7 and 24.1 MeV, while the 20Ne inelastic scattering yield exhibits a strong uncorrelated structure at Ec.m.=21.1 MeV. In addition weaker structure is seen at Ec.m.=13.6, 16.6, 18.6, and 26.3 MeV in the total fusion yield. The 24.1 MeV resonance corresponds to a characteristic structure in the 16O+16O reaction yields. Both structures appear at the same 32S excitation energy and are found to be correlated with the transition to a regime of limited fusion.

Keywords

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 20Ne(12C, x), Ec.m.=11-33 MeV, measured excitation functions for production of A=20-30 reaction products, observed structure at Ec.m.=(13.6), 16.6, 18.6, 21.1, 22.7, 24.1, and 26.3 MeV, deduced critical angular momentum for fusion

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