Large angle elastic alpha scattering on a N = Z nucleus above A = 40

  • K. E. Rehm*
  • , C. L. Jiang
  • , I. Ahmad
  • , J. Caggiano
  • , P. Collon
  • , J. P. Greene
  • , D. Henderson
  • , A. Heinz
  • , R. V.F. Janssens
  • , R. C. Pardo
  • , T. Pennington
  • , J. P. Schiffer
  • , R. H. Siemssen
  • , A. H. Wuosmaa
  • , M. Paul
  • , P. Mohr
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Large angle elastic scattering of alpha particles from 44Ti, which is the lightest unstable alpha-particle nucleus above A=40, was measured at backward angles. The angular distributions of elastic scattering of alpha particles from 40 and 44Ti were compared. Results indicated that for 40Ca, at angles close to 180° elastic cross sections higher than Rutherford values were confirmed, while corresponding yields for 44Ti were about a factor 20 smaller. An optical model analysis of α+44Ti data produced parameters which were in good agreement with the results.

Original languageEnglish
Article number132501
Pages (from-to)1325011-1325014
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume89
Issue number13
StatePublished - 23 Sep 2002
Externally publishedYes

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