Published August 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Elastic alpha-particle resonances as evidence of clustering at high excitation in 40Ca

  • 1. Aabo Akademi, Department of Physics, Turku (Finland)
  • 2. Texas A and M University, Cyclotron Institute, College Station, TX (United States)
  • 3. Russian Research Center ''Kurchatov'', Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Florida State University, Department of Physics, Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  • 5. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 6. Universita di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia, Catania (Italy)
  • 7. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (Italy)
  • 8. University of Jyvaeskylae, Department of Physics, Jyvaeskylae (Finland)

Description

The elastic-scattering reaction 36Ar + α was studied using the Thick Target Inverse Kinematics technique. Data were taken at a beam energy of 150 MeV in a reaction chamber filled with 4He gas, corresponding to the excitation region of 12-20 MeV in 40Ca. Using a simplified R -matrix method of analysis energies, widths and spin assignments were obtained for 137 resonances. The structure is discussed within the concept of α-cluster structure in the quasi-continuum of 40Ca and is compared to other nuclei in the same mass region. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11096-1

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1-7
ISSN
1434-6001