A new molecular model for heavy ion resonances

Resonances in heavy-ion scattering of 24Mg + 24Mg are studied by the use of a new molecular model, in which collective motions of the system are described in the rotating molecular frame of the di-nuclear system. A stable configuration of the 24Mg + 24Mg system is found to be a pole-pole one. Normal modes at the equilibrium are solved and a sufficient number of molecular levels are obtained. Decay properties are examined and characteristic distributions of decay strengths are shown up among inelastic channels up to the 6+ excitation of 24Mg. (author)