Spin assignments in 63Ni through 62Ni(d,p)63Ni

Angular distributions of vector analyzing power have been measured for the reaction ${}^{62}\text{Ni}\text{(}\text{d, p}\text{)}{}^{63}\text{Ni}$ at a beam energy of 10 MeV. The observed j-dependence of vector analyzing power allows unambiguous spin assignments to be made for the following states in ⁶³Ni (excitation energies in MeV): $\text{0,}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$; $\text{0.087,}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$; $\text{0.155,}\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$; $\text{0.515,}\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$; $\text{1.003,}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$; $\text{2.297,}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$; $\text{2.700,}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$; $\text{2.953,}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$; $\text{3.292,}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$; $\text{3.932,}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$; $\text{3.951,}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$; $\text{4.387,}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$. An assignment of $\text{9}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ is suggested for the state at 2.519 MeV. The data for the unresolved l_n = 4, 1 doublet (1.294, 1.327) MeV indicate the $\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ spin assignment for the 1.327 MeV state. The main features for all the data are in agreement with DWBA calculations.