12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Characterization of Cluster States in <sup>16</sup>O with the (p,t) reaction

13 Jul 2011, 11:15
15m
Acro8

Acro8

Oral Presentation Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics NPRP

Speaker

Dr Justin Mabiala (Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS)

Description

Motivated by several theoretical cluster calculations that predict the existence of the 06+ state in 16O located at 15.1 MeV as a very good candidate for the equivalence of the Hoyle state in 12C, a high resolution measurement of 16O spectrum in coincidence with the 16O decay products was proposed using a (p,t) reaction at 200 MeV and 0o. The decay products of the excited 16O recoil nucleus were detected by means of Double Sided Silicon Detectors and the outgoing tritons were identified in the K600 magnetic spectrometer focal plane. Data were collected with targets containing 18O, 16O, 12C and 7Li. First results on precise measurement of energy spectra of the corresponding recoil nuclei using the K600 as the master trigger and extracted cross sections will be discussed.

Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? Researcher
Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? No
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary authors

Dr Justin Mabiala (Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS) Dr Paul Papka (Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS) Dr Retief Neveling (iThemba LABS)

Co-authors

Prof. Anthony A. Cowley (Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS) Dr E. Zinhle Buthelezi (iThemba LABS) Dr F.D. Smit (iThemba LABS) Dr G.F. Steyn (iThemba LABS) Dr Iyabo Usman (iThemba LABS) Mr J.A. Swartz (Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS) Mr J.J. Van Zyl (Stellenbosch University) Mr Joele Mira (Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS) Prof. Martin Freer (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham) Dr S.M. Wyngaardt (Stellenbosch University) Dr Siegfried Foertsch (iThemba LABS) Dr Taofiq T. Ibrahim (Stellenbosch University/iThemba LABS)

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