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Mapping of the 12C* states via the 10B(3He,pααα) reaction

The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2007

We have studied 12 C in full kinematics via the 10 B( 3 He,pααα) reaction at an energy of 2.45 MeV. In our data we have identified states in 12 C from the ground state up to about 18 MeV, with spins ranging from 0 to 4. Due to the very good resolution, we are able to determine properties of these 12 C resonances, such as their energy, width, and spin. In this contribution preliminary results from the ongoing analysis are presented. Main focus on the precise determination of the breakup spectra for all resonances. PACS. 21.10.-k Properties of nuclei: nuclear energy levels -21.10.Hw Spin, parity and isobaric spin -25.55.-e 3 H-, 3 He-, and 4 He-induced reactions -27.20.+n 6 ≤ A ≤ 19

Structure of states in 12Be via the 11Be( d , p ) reaction

Physics Letters B, 2010

The s-wave neutron fraction of the 0+ levels in 12Be has been investigated for the first time through the 11Be(d,p) transfer reaction using a 5A MeV11Be beam at TRIUMF, Canada. The reaction populated all the known bound states of 12Be. The ground state s-wave spectroscopic factor was determined to be 0.28−0.07+0.03 while that for the long-lived 02+ excited state was

(12C,12B) and(12C,12N) reactions atE/A=70 MeV as spin probes: Calibration and application to1+states inMn56

Physical Review C, 1991

Angular distributions have been measured for 0+~1+ transitions with the (' C, ' B) reaction on targets of ' C, Mg, 5 Fe, 'Ni, and Zr and with the (' C, ' N) reaction on targets of ' C and ' Fe. The bombarding energy was E/A =70 MeV, and small-angle data were obtained. A comparison of the cross sections measured for the (' C, ' 8) reaction with the results of distorted-wave-approximation calculations indicates that 0+-+1+ transitions are predominantly one step at E/A =70 MeV. The calculated cross sections are generally in good agreement (to within 40% in magnitude) with the measured cross sections, and the angular distributions are well described quantitatively in many cases. A correlation between cross sections and known Gamow-Teller (GT) strengths B(GT) for the corresponding transitions has been found. This correlation, which is weakly dependent on the target mass, establishes a calibration for the reactions. It is used to determine B(GT) values of astrophysical interest for two low-lying 1+ levels in Mn from the cross sections measured for the Fe(' C, ' N) Mn reaction. The results are compared with two shell-model calculations performed to obtain B(GT) for ' Fe-+ Mn transitions and with another calculation from the literature. Computational tests were performed to evaluate (a) the contribution to the cross sections of terms not present in nucleon-induced charge-exchange reactions and (b) the extent to which the cross sections provide a measure of GT strength.

7Be-induced α-transfer reaction on 12C

The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2007

The reaction 12 C( 7 Be, 3 He) has been studied at E( 7 Be) = 34 MeV. Angular distributions to levels with excitation energies up to 21 MeV in the residual 16 O have been measured at θ lab = 13-50 degrees. This reaction selectively populates states known to have a large 12 C+α component in their structure, implying that direct processes dominates at this energy. PACS. 24.10.Eq Coupled-channel and distorted-wave models -24.50.+g Direct reactions -25.40.Hs transfer reactions -25.45.De Elastic and inelastic scattering -21.10.Jx Spectroscopic factors

Spin-Orbit Electronic Structure of the ScBr Molecule

Journal of Modern Physics, 2011

A theoretical investigation of the spin-orbit electronic states of the molecule ScBr has been performed via CASSCF and MRCI (single and double excitations with Davidson correction) calculations. Spin-orbit effects have been introduced through semi-empirical spin orbit pseudo-potential for scandium while they have been neglected for bromine. Potential energy curves for 42 electronic states in the representation  ±) have been determined along with the corresponding spectroscopic constants. The comparison of the present results with those available in the literature shows a good agreement. New results have been investigated in present work for 30 electronic states in the representation  ±) for the first time.

Analysis of the 11B(7Li,7Be)11Be reaction at 57 MeV in a microscopic approach

Nuclear Physics A, 2004

The 11 B( 7 Li, 7 Be) 11 Be charge exchange reaction has been studied at an incident energy of 57 MeV. Spectra were measured at forward angles, θ cm 35 • . The good energy resolution (∼50 keV) allowed the identification of transitions both to the 7 Be (3/2 − , gs) and 7 Be(1/2 − , 429 keV) exit channels and hence the direct measurement of the ratio of the respective cross sections and angular distributions. Besides the bound ground and first excited state of 11 Be several low lying excitations just above the neutron threshold are observed. A structure seen at E * = 9.4 MeV with FWHM ∼7 MeV is compatible with the spin dipole resonance (SDR). The data are analysed in a many-body approach. For the projectile transitions shell model results are used. In order to account properly for the special features of the weakly bound 11 Be system the target transitions are described microscopically by Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) and quasi-particle random phase approximation (QRPA) theory. The HFB ground state densities and the QRPA transition densities, respectively, are used in folding calculations for the optical potentials and transition form factors. Spectra and β-decay transitions strengths are reasonably well described. The measured cross section are well reproduced by one-step direct charge exchange distorted wave born approximation (DWBA) calculations. A dominance of unnatural parity transitions is found. This is explained in terms of the spin transfer behaviour of the nucleon-nucleon isovector interaction at low bombarding energy.

Folding-model analysis of inelasticα+12C scattering at medium energies, and the isoscalar transition strengths of the cluster states of12C

Physical Review C, 2013

Background: The (spin and isospin zero) α-particle is an efficient projectile for the excitation of the isoscalar, natural-parity states of 12 C. Among those states that have pronounced α-cluster structure, the Hoyle state (0 + 2 state at 7.65 MeV) has been observed in many (α, α) experiments while the second 2 + state of 12 C, predicted at E x ≈ 10 MeV as an excitation of the Hoyle state, has not been observed until a recent high-precision experiment of the α+ 12 C scattering at E α = 386 MeV. A plausible reason is a strong population of the narrow 3 − 1 state at 9.64 MeV and broad 0 + 3 resonance at 10.3 MeV that hinder the weak 2 + 2 peak in the (α, α) spectrum. Purpose: The accurate determination of the electric Eλ transition strengths of the isoscalar states of 12 C, including a E2 component at E x ≈ 10 MeV that can be assigned to the 2 + 2 state, based on a detailed folding model + coupled channel analysis of the (α, α) data measured at E α = 240 and 386 MeV. Method: The complex optical potential and inelastic form factor given by the folding model for the α+ 12 C scattering are used to calculate the (α, α) cross sections for the known isoscalar states of 12 C in an elaborate coupled channel approach. The strengths of the form factors for these states are then fine tuned against the (α, α) data to deduce the corresponding Eλ transition strengths. Results: A significant E2 transition strength has been obtained for the 2 + 2 state from the present analysis of the (α, α) data measured at E α = 240 and 386 MeV. The Eλ transition strengths of the 0 + 2 , 3 − 1 , 0 + 3 , and 1 − 1 states were also carefully deduced, and some difference from the results of earlier analyses has been found and qualitatively understood. Conclusion: Despite a strong hindrance by the 3 − 1 and 0 + 3 excitations, the presence of the 2 + 2 state in the (α, α) spectra measured at E α = 240 and 386 MeV has been consistently confirmed by the present folding model + coupled channel analysis.

Response Theory and Calculations of Spin-Orbit Coupling Phenomena in Molecules

Advances in Quantum Chemistry, 1996

We review response theory and calculations of molecular properties involving spinorbit interactions. The spin-orbit coupling is evaluated for reference states described by singleor multi-configuration self-consistent field wave functions. The calculations of spin-orbit related properties rest on the formalism of linear and quadratic response functions for singlet and triplet perturbations when no permutational symmetry in the two-electron operators is assumed and from which various triplet as well as singlet response properties are derived. The spin-orbit coupling matrix elements between singlet and triplet states are evaluated as residues of (multi-configuration) linear response functions, and are therefore automatically determined between orthogonal and non-interacting states. Spin-forbidden radiative transition intensities and lifetimes are determined from the spin-orbit coupling induced dipole transitions between two electronic states of different multiplicity and are obtained as residues of quadratic response functions. The potential of the theory and its range of applications is illustrated by a selection of recent investigations covering different molecular phenomena. The applications include second-order energy contributions, intensity rearrangement in electron spectra, calculation of predissociative lifetimes of dicationic states, assignment of triplet bands in absorption spectra, intersystem crossings and reactivity, external heavy atom effects on S-T transitions, phosphorescence spectra and radiative lifetimes of triplet states. We give an outlook on spin-orbit interaction induced phenomena in extended systems and on applications to general spin catalysis phenomena. Abstract 2