J. R. Powers

The 24Mg AND 28Si(t, α) reactions

Abstract The 24 Mg(t, α) 23 Na reaction has been studied at bombarding energies of 15.0 and 23.5 MeV. Spectroscopic strengths extracted at the two energies are in good agreement and indicate a diffuse, rather than a sharp Nilsson Fermi surface for 23 Na and 24 Mg. Significant population of high-spin states indicates the importance of multistep and/or compound processes. Data were also taken for 28 Si(t, α) 27 Al at 23.5 MeV. A FR/NL DWBA normalization of 11 ± 2 was consistent with all three (t, α) data sets.