Decay of a narrow and high spin Mg +Mg resonance

M.-D. Salsac, F. Haas, S. Courtin, A. Algora, C. Beck, S. Beghini, B.R. Behera, R. Chapman, L. Corradi, Z. Dombradi, E. Farnea, E. Fioretto, A. Gadea, D.G. Jenkins, A. Latina, D. Lebhertz, S. Lenzi, X. Liang, N. Marginean, G. MontagnoliD. Napoli, P. Papka, I. Pokrovski, G. Pollarolo, M. Rousseau, E. Sahin, A. Sanchez i Zafra, F. Scarlassara, D. Sohler, A.M. Stefanini, S. Szilner, M. Trotta, C. Ur, F.D. Vedova, Z.M. Wang, K.T. Wiedemann

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Abstract

The Mg +Mg reaction has been studied at the Legnaro Tandem at a CM bombarding energy of 45.7 MeV where a narrow and high spin resonance has been reported previously. The decay of the resonance into the inelastic and fusion-evaporation channels has been investigated. The ON and OFF resonance decay yields have been measured using, for the inelastic channels, the fragment spectrometer PRISMA and the γ array CLARA, and, for the fusion-evaporation channels, the Si array EUCLIDES and the γ array GASP. Strong resonant effects have been observed in the inelastic channels involving the 2 and 4 states of the Mg ground state band. Weaker effects are also seen in certain fusion-evaporation channels. The properties of the studied resonance are in agreement with molecular model predictions. It is also proposed that the narrow and high spin Mg +Mg resonance corresponds to the formation of a fast rotating and highly prolate deformed Cr after a Jacobi shape transition and just before fission.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-20
Number of pages20
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume801
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2008

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