Abstract

We will show that the Thick Target Inverse Kinematics (TTIK) technique can be used to investigate the breakup of excited selfconjugate nuclei into many alpha particles. Two test runs were performed at Cyclotron Institute of Texas A&M University to study the reaction 20Ne+α at maximum beam energies of 10 and 12 AMeV. Due to the limited statistics, only events with alpha multiplicity up to three were analyzed. The analysis of the three α-particle emission data allowed the identification of the Hoyle state and other 12C excited states decaying into three alpha particles. The results will be shown and compared with other data available in the literature.

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Title
Study of 12C excited states decaying into three α particles using the thick target inverse kinematic technique
Author
Barbui, M; Hagel, K; Gauthier, J; Wuenschel, S; de Souza, R T; Hudan, S; Fang, D; Goldberg, V Z; Zheng, H; Giuliani, G; Rapisarda, G; E-J, Kim; Liu, X; Natowitz, J B
Section
VII. Equation of State of Neutron-Rich Nuclear Matter, Clusters in Nuclei and Nuclear Reactions
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
EDP Sciences
ISSN
21016275
e-ISSN
2100014X
Source type
Conference Paper
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611707013
ProQuest document ID
1792785828
Copyright
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