Published February 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Photon scattering in the giant resonance region of /sup 24/Mg, /sup 28/Si, and /sup 32/S

  • 1. Nuclear Physics Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 61820

Description

Cross sections for the elastic and inelastic scattering of monochromatic photons from /sup 24/Mg, /sup 28/Si, and /sup 32/S have been measured for incident photon energies between 17 and 28 MeV, spanning the region of the giant dipole resonance. The cross sections are interpreted in terms of the coupling between the giant dipole resonances built on the ground and 21+ states. A good quantitative description of the energy-averaged cross sections is obtained in the context of the dynamic collective model, provided /sup 32/S is a vibrational nucleus and /sup 24/Mg and /sup 28/Si are prolate and oblate nuclei, respectively. The cross sections for /sup 28/Si show considerable structure that is correlated in the elastic and 21+ channels and that is not predicted by the dynamic collective model. The elastic cross section is used to infer the total photoabsorption cross section, which is shown to be somewhat more structured than implied by previous direct measurements

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, C
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev., C.
Journal Page Range
324-330
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCA