Investigation of the 60Ni(n,p) reaction mechanism at 18.5 MeV

The differential cross sections of the ⁶⁰Ni(n, p) reaction are measured at 18.5 MeV. The reaction mechanism has been discussed in the framework of the Geramb model and of the FKK statistical multistep emission theory. Special attention is paid to the excitation of the GDR as a doorway state in ⁶⁰Ni and as a parent analog in ⁶⁰Co. The total proton emission cross section is estimated.     

Isovector quadrupole resonance observed in the 60Ni(13C,13N)60Co reaction at E/A=100 MeV

The charge-exchange reaction 60Ni(13C,13N)60Co at E/A=100 MeV has been studied to locate isovector (deltaT=1) non-spin-flip (deltaS=0) giant resonances. Besides the giant dipole resonance at E(x)=8.7 MeV, another resonance has been observed at E(x)=20 MeV with a width of 9 MeV. Distorted-wave Born approximation analysis on the angular distribution clearly indicated the L=2 multipolarity, attributing the E(x)=20 MeV state to the giant isovector quadrupole resonance.     

Gamma-ray multiplicity measurements in the28Si+64Ni reaction at 163.8 MeV

The²⁸Si+⁶⁴Ni reaction at 163.8 MeV incident energy is studied by measuring in coincidenceγ-rays and charged particles identified from Z=2 to Z=16. The transition from quasi-elastic to more damped reactions is observed when the difference between the detected charge and the projectile one is increased. The strong influence of the particle decay on the measuredγ-ray multiplicity is evidenced with the help of the statistical model computer code CASCADE. Dissipative events are well described in the rolling limit with excitation energy equally shared between the fragments. The overall agreement is lost for the fragments with the projectile charge which show a small value of theγ-multiplicity even for dissipative events. This is probably connected with the previously observed non statistical behavior of gamma rays emitted in coincidence with projectile-like fragments. In the alpha-spectrum measured in coincidence with gamma-rays, the deexcitation of fused systems is clearly separated from in flight emission of deep inelastic fragments. The low measured gamma-ray multiplicity for fusion events is qualitatively explained taking into account the effect of alpha-emission in the statistical decay.     

Measurement of proton polarization in the 208Pb(d,p)209Pb reaction at an incident energy of 20 MeV

Angular distribution measurements of proton polarization in the ²⁰⁸Pb(d, p)²⁰⁹Pb reaction to the ground g_9/2 state were made at an incident deuteron energy of 20 MeV using a high efficiency proton polarimeter. Distorted wave Born approximation analysis and continuum discretized coupled channel analysis were performed on the data and compared with measurements of the angular distribution of the vector analyzing power for the same reaction. The result of the calculations predict that the angular distribution of the vector analyzing power should be similar to that of the polarization. However, the experimental data gives different angular distributions. The measured vector analyzing power is well reproduced by the calculations, while the polarization is not well reproduced.     

The C(Li, t)O reaction at 20 MeV

States in ¹⁶O op to an excitation energy of 16.9 MeV were observed from the ¹³C(⁶Li, t)¹⁶O reaction at 20 MeV. Differential cross sections were obtained from θ_lab = 15° to 105° for the triton groups corresponding to the states in ¹⁶O at 6.13, 6.92, 7.12, 8.87, 9.85, 10.35 and 11.09 MeV.     

Sequential emission of neutrons in the reaction16O+64Ni at 7.5–12 MeV per nucleon

Neutron energy and angular distributions have been studied in coincidence with projectilelike fragments (PF) for quasielastic and deeply inelastic collisions of¹⁶O on⁶⁴Ni at 7.5–12 MeV/u bombarding energy. The neutron yield can be explained assuming only two isotropically emitting sources:i) sequential emission from fully accelerated PF andii) evaporation from fully accelerated targetlike fragments (TF). ForZ=6 andZ=8 ejectiles known excited states in¹³C and¹⁷O could be identified. For oxygen, this suggests a direct excitation process,n pickup from the target. No significant evidence for preequilibrium neutron emission was found even at the highest bombarding energy. The TF temperatures and neutron multiplicities are consistent with the assumption that thermal equilibrium was reached during the binary reaction.     

Kinetic energy spectrum and polarization of neutrons from the reaction 12C(p,n)X at 590 MeV

Abstact: The kinetic energy spectrum and the polarization of the PSI neutron beam produced in the reaction ¹²C(p,n)X at 0° with 590 MeV polarized protons were investigated. A strong energy dependence of the neutron beam polarization is observed which was not expected at the time the neutron beam was built. Received: 3 April 1998     

Phenomenological analysis of the 24Mg(12C, α)32S resonant reaction studied at low incident energy

The ²⁴Mg(¹²C, α)³²S reaction has been studied in the region of the Coulomb barrier. Three angular distributions for the α-particle groups populating the ground and first-excited 2⁺ state of ³²S have been measured spanning the apparent resonant structure observed at E_c.m = 14.20 MeV. Regge-pole and phase-shift analyses suggest a spin assignment of 8 for the corresponding resonance at E_x = 30.51 MeV in ³⁶Ar.     

Analyzing powers in the 12C( \vec d ,p)13C reaction at the energy T d = 270 MeV

The preliminary results on the tensor T₂₀ analyzing power for the ¹²C(,p)¹³C* reaction with the excitation of ¹³C levels and the d(,p)X reaction at the energies T _d = 140, 200 and 270 MeV at the emission angle Θ _cm = 0° are presented. The data on the tensor A _yy and vector A _y analyzing powers for the ¹²C(,p)¹³C* reaction at the energy T _d = 270 MeV in the angular range from 4° to 18° in the laboratory are also obtained.     

A Semi-exclusive study of heavy-residue production in the40Ar + Ag reaction at 35 MeV/u incident energy

Heavy residues created in the reaction Ar + Ag at 35 MeV/u have been detected at various forward angles. Their velocity spectra (quite different from the corresponding spectra measured at 27 MeV/u) show that these events result both from central and peripheral reactions and that the fusion component has dramatically decreased. Coincident light charged particles spectra have been obtained in a large solid angle forward hodoscope. The analysis of these spectra allows to differentiate peripheral and central collisions. The proton spectra are analysed in terms of emitting sources. There is no need for a participant zone in peripheral reactions. Instead protons are emitted either from the target like or from the projectile like fragments. However projectile sequential emission is not sufficient to explain all the high energy protons.     

Use of the64Ni(36S,34Si)66Zn reaction to measure the mass of34Si

The reaction⁶⁴Ni(³⁶S,³⁴Si)⁶⁶Zn atE=198 MeV has been used to measure the mass excess of³⁴Si; a value of ?19.971 _?0.044 ^+0.037 MeV was obtained. This result which is in agreement with the previous value (?19.85±0.30 MeV) is in excellent agreement with recent shell-model mass predictions. The result is discussed within the context of the proposed region of deformation aroundZ=11,N=20.     

Polarisation effects in the 12C(3He,pp) reaction at 33MeV

Differential cross sections and analysing powers were measured for the ¹²C(³He, pp)¹³C reaction induced by a 33 MeV polarised ³He beam at many combinations of detection angles of the coincident protons in both coplanar and out-of-plane configurations. Data characterised by low relative proton energies were successfully described by the sequential breakup model while at higher relative energies other reaction mechanisms become important.     

Prior-form DWBA analysis of (3He,pd) elastic breakup at 90 MeV

Proton-deuteron coincident cross sections in ¹²C,⁵¹V,⁹⁰Zr(³He,pd) elastic breakup at 90 MeV have been calculated within the framework of the prior-form distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA). Sufficient convergence of the calculations was obtained by including the pd relative angular momenta up to l = 4. The calculations reproduced the general trend of the coincident energy spectra and the angular correlation data, though deficiencies of the calculations were seen at some angles. The peripheral feature of the (³He, pd) elastic breakup is discussed from the angular momentum dependence of the transition amplitude.     

Exact finite-range DWBA analyses of (12C, 11B) and (12C, 13C) reaction from 208Pb

A fast way to carry out the exact-finite range DWBA calculation is discussed, and is applied to the analyses of (¹²C, ¹¹B) and (¹²C, ¹³C) reaction from ²⁰⁸Pb.     

Proton–proton bremsstrahlung towards the elastic limit at 190 MeV incident beam energy

A series of nucleon–nucleon bremsstrahlung (NNγ) experiments at 190 MeV incident beam energy have been performed at KVI in order to gain more insight into the dynamics governing the bremsstrahlung reaction. After initial measurements wherein the bremsstrahlung process was studied far away from the elastic limit, a new study was used to probe the process nearer to the elastic limit by measuring at lower photon energies. Measured cross sections and analyzing powers are compared with the predictions of a microscopic model and those of two soft-photon models. The theoretical calculations overestimate the data by up to ≈30%, for some kinematics.     

Energy dependence of the 28Si(32S, 36Ar)24Mg reaction between 90 and 103 MeV incident energy

Angular distributions for the ²⁸Si(³²S, ³⁶Ar)²⁴Mg reaction have been measured from 90 to 103 MeV of incident lab energy, in steps of 0.5 MeV. The ground state, the 2₁⁺ level in each nucleus and the mutual excitation of both 2₁⁺ states have been resolved. The data have been analysed in the frame of finite range DWBA calculations. The deduced relative spectroscopic factors show good agreement with those predicted by the model of Chung and Wildenthal but are smaller than those deduced in other experiments.     

The (p,d) reaction at 65 MeV

The (p, d) reaction on ¹²C, ¹⁴N, ¹⁶O, ⁴⁰Ca and ⁹⁰Zr has been studied with 65 MeV incident protons. DWBA calculations have been carried out to investigate the importance of finite range and non-locality effects. The experimental angular distributions for the strong transitions have been compared to DWBA calculations to study the effect of the deuteron optical potential. This comparison supports the use of the adiabatic deuteron potential which includes the effect of deuteron breakup.     

Multiple-source analysis of inclusive proton spectra from58Ni +60Ni Collisions at 876.5 MeV

Experimental inclusive proton spectra of⁵⁸Ni+⁶⁰Ni at 15.1 MeV/u have been decomposed using three moving sources associated with, respectively, equilibrium, deep-inelastic, and preequilibrium processes. For the last, a new expression, taking into account the anisotropy of preequilibrium particles in the source system, has been applied. The high-energy part of the obtained angle-integrated proton spectrum has been compared with predictions of the diabatic dissipation model.