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The population ratio of the 4.433 MeV and 7.656 MeV states in12C in the reaction9Be(α, n)12C, and the parameters of the 7.656 MeV level

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A pulsed beam neutron time-of-flight spectrometer has been used to study the reaction9Be(α, n)12C* at bombarding energies of 5.53, 5.76 and 5.97 MeV. Angular distributions of neutron groups leading to the ground state and first two excited states of12C were measured, and the population ratio of the 4.433 and 7.656 MeV levels has been established as 10.7±0.8 at ∼5.5 MeV. In conjunction with other evidence the measured value of population ratio establishes the alpha particle decay width of the 7.656 MeV level as approximately the Wigner limit, the spin and parity as 0+, and allows estimates to be made of the probabilities of pair and γ decay of this state.

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Uno spettrometro a fascio pulsante per il tempo di volo dei neutroni è stato usato per studiare la reazione9Be(α, n)12C* per energie di bombardamento di 5.53, 5.76 e 5.97 MeV. Si sono misurate le distribuzioni angolari dei gruppi di neutroni che conducono allo stato fondamentale ed ai primi due stati eccitati del12C, e si è determinato che il rapporto fra le popolazioni dei livelli 4.433 e 7.656 MeV è 10.7±0.5 a 5.5 MeV. In congiunzione ad altri argomenti, dal valore misurato del rapporto fra le popolazioni si determina che l’ampiezza di decadimento delle particelleα del livello a 7.656 MeV è approssimativamente al limite di Wigner, lo spin e la parità 0+, e si possono fare valutazioni delle probabilità di decadimento di questo stato in coppie e γ.

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Gale, N.H., Garg, J.B. The population ratio of the 4.433 MeV and 7.656 MeV states in12C in the reaction9Be(α, n)12C, and the parameters of the 7.656 MeV level. Nuovo Cim 19, 742–751 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02733370

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