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OBSERVATION (d,n)
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GROUND STATE CORRELATIONS ON EVEN ARGON ISOTOPES
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H, FUCHS, M. HAGEN, U. JANETZKI and K.-H. MAIER Hahn-Meitner-lnstitu! flit Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Kernphysik, Berlin-West, Germany Received 1 D e c e m b e r 1969
The (d,n) reactions on 36'38'40Ar have been studied with the t i m e - o f - f l i g h t technique at E d = 5.6 MeV. The extracted spectroscopic factors indicate shell-model impurities of the o r d e r of 10% in the Ar ground states, and s e v e r e splitting of the f~ and p~ proton s i n g l e - p a r t i c l e states in the K fina[ nuclei. T h e d a t a on p r o t o n t r a n s f e r o n a r g o n i s o t o p e s a r e e x t r e m e l y s c a r c e . Only 3 6 A r ( % d ) h a s b e e n s t u d i e d t h u s f a r [1], but no s p e c t r o s c o p i c f a c t o r s w e r e given. T h e r e f o r e we have i n v e s t i g a t e d the
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Table 1. Absolute spectroscopic factors Slj from the 36,38,40Ar(d,n) 37,39,41K reactions in comparison wit5 the shell-model (SM) values. 37 K j~a) l
Ex(MeV ) a)
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a) F r o m ref. 2, b) Unresolved multiplet. p r o t o n t r a n s f e r to t h e t h r e e s t a b l e e v e n a r g o n i s o t o p e s by m e a n s of t h e (d,n) r e a c t i o n . T h e m o t i v a t i o n of t h e p r e s e n t study w a s m a i n l y to o b s e r v e s y s t e m a t i c s in t h e s h e l l - m o d e l f o r b i d d e n l = 0 t r a n s i t i o n s to 2s± s t a t e s . F r o m t h e i r s t r e n g t h s one m a y e s t i m a t e t h e a m o u n t of s h e l l m o d e l i m p u r i t i e s ( g r o u n d - s t a t e c o r r e l a t i o n s ) in t h e a r g o n n u c l e i . T h e s e d a t a a r e of i n t e r e s t in connection with similar comprehensive studies of s t r i p p i n g and p i c k - u p on t h e e v e n c a l c i u m i s o t o p e s [2]. T h e r e , g r o u n d - s t a t e c o r r e l a t i o n s a r e found to b e i m p o r t e n t and to v a r y s y s t e m a t i c a l l y with the neutron number. The experiment was performed with the neut r o n t i m e - o f - f l i g h t s y s t e m [3] at t h e V a n de G r a a f f of t h e H a h n - M e i t n e r - I n s t i t u t . T h e d e u t e r o n b e a m of 5.8 MeV p r i m a r y e n e r g y p e n e t r a t e d t h r o u g h a 3.3 m g / c m 2 m o l y b d e n u m window into a gas c e l l c o n t a i n i n g t h e s e p e r a t e d a r g o n * at a p r e s s u r e of about 100 T o r r . A r e p r e s e n t a t i v e t i m e - o f - f l i g h t s p e c t r u m and t h e e x t r a c t e d a n g u l a r d i s t r i b u t i o n s a r e shown in f i g s . 1 and 2 f o r one of t h e t a r g e t s . A t r i p l e t of s t a t e s a r o u n d 4.08 MeV in39K w a s not resolved. Their common angular distribution (fig. 2) s h o w s that at l e a s t one c o m p o n e n t h a s a s t r o n g l = 1 c h a r a c t e r . Fig. 2 i n c l u d e s t h e r e s u l t s of D W B A c a l c u l a t i o n s p e r f o r m e d in t h e s a m e way and w i t h t h e s a m e p o t e n t i a l p a r a m e t e r s a s in a r e c e n t study [ 4 ] of th e 39 K ( d, n ) r e a c t i o n , with t h e e x c e p t i o n that no c o m p o u n d - n u c l e u s c o n t r i b u t i o n s to t h e r e a c t i o n w e r e t a k e n along. T h e o b t a i n e d s t r e n g t h s Glj = C2(2/f+/)Slj of t h e l o w e s t s t a t e s p o p u l a t e d w i t h e a c h of t h e ! - v a l u e s 0,1,2,3 a r e s h o w n in t a b l e 1 t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e p r e d i c t i o n s of * Isotopic enrichment of the 36Ar and 38Ar samples: 99.9%.
t h e s h e l l - m o d e l f o r t r a n s f e r into t h e l d ~ , 2s½, lf_~ and 2p~ o r b i t s , r e s p e c t i v e l y . T h e g e n e r a l t r e n d s d i s p l a y e d by t h e d a t a m a y b e d e s c r i b e d a s f o l l o w s . 1. W i t h i n t h e u n c e r t a i n t y of t h e a b s o l u t e d e t e r m i n a t i o n (about 30%) t h e g r o u n d - s t a t e t r a n s i tion strength exhaust the shell-model value. The s l i g h t d e c r e a s e of s t r e n g t h , and, t h e r e f o r e , i n c r e a s e of t h e d e v i a t i o n f r o m t h e s h e l l - m o d e l v a l u e in t h e h e a v i e r i s o t o p e s , m i g h t b e s i g n i f i c a n t , s i n c e r e l a t i v e v a l u e s a r e s u b j e c t to s m a l l e r e r r o r s t h a n a b s o l u t e m a g n i t u d e s . 2. T h e s h e l l m o d e l f o r b i d d e n l = 0 t r a n s i t i o n s , p o s s i b l e only b e c a u s e of c o m p o n e n t s of t h e t a r g e t g r o u n d s t a t e s with p r o t o n p a i r s e x c i t e d f r o m t h e 2s½ into s o m e h i g h e r s h e l l , h a v e s t r e n g t h s in t h e o r d e r of 10% of t h e d~ s t r e n g t h s . T h e y i n d i c a t e , t h e r e f o r e , t h e p r e s e n c e of s u c h c o m p o n e n t s ( g r o u n d - s t a t e c o r r e l a t i o n s ) to about t h e s a m e o r d e r . Only l o w e r l i m i t s f o r t h e a m o u n t of g r o u n d - s t a t e c o r r e l a t i o n s m a y b e d e r i v e d b o t h b e c a u s e of t h e p o s s i b l e e x i s t e n c e of n o n - o b s e r v e d 1 = 0 t r a n s i t i o n s to h i g h e r !+ 2 s t a t e s and t h e g e n e r a l p r o b l e m s in e x t r a c t i n g spectroscopic factors from shell-model forbidden t r a n s i t i o n s [5]. 3. T h e l o w e s t f_~ and P~2 s t a t e s c o n t a i n l e s s t han about 50% of t h e s i n g l e - D a r t i c ] . e s t r e n g t h . T h i s f r a c t i o n d e c r e a s e s f r o m 37K to 41K~ t h u s i n d i c a t i n g an i n c r e a s e d s p l i t t i n g of t h e s i n g l e p a r t i c l e s t a t e s . T h i s b e h a v i o u r i s s i m i l a r to that of t h e 38,40Ar(d,p) r e a c t i o n s as o b s e r v e d by F i t z et al. [6], but c o n t r a s t s w i t h s t r i p p i n g on t h e Ca i s o t o p e s [1]. T h e r e only t h e p~ s t r e n g t h is s t r o n g ly s p l i t , w h e r e a s t h e f_~ s t r e n g t h is c o n c e n t r a t e d in t h e g r o u n d - s t a t e t r a n s i t i o n s . 4. T h e m o s t s u r prising result is, that the neutron shell closure in 3 8 A r d o e s not m a n i f e s t i t s e l f , e x c e p t m a y b e in t h e s m a l l s t r e n g t h of t h e 1 = 0 t r a n s i t i o n on 38Ar. 15
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Thus we a r e c o n f r o n t e d with a c o n t r a s t i n g c h a r a c t e r of t h e g r o u n d s t a t e s of t h e s t u d i e d A r a n d K n u c l e i on t h e o n e h a n d and t h e e x c i t e d K s t a t e s on t h e o t h e r . In t h e g r o u n d s t a t e s , n o t a b l y of t h e A r nuclei, shell-model-impurities have been det e c t e d , but a p p e a r t o b e m i n o r c o r r e c t i o n s , whereas severe deviations from the simple shellm o d e l s h o w up in t h e t r a n s i t i o n s t o e x c i t e d f i n a l s t a t e s . It w o u l d b e of i n t e r e s t t o c o m p a r e t h e i r s t r e n g t h s to t h e o r e t i c a l s p e c t r o s c o p i c f a c t o r s o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e e i g e n f u n c t i o n s of r e c e n t c a l c u l a t i o n s w i t h an e x t e n d e d s h e l l - m o d e l b a s i s [7]. W e a r e i n d e b t e d to P r o f . K. H. L i n d e n b e r g e r f o r continuous i n t e r e s t and s u p p o r t , and to our colleagues B o m m e r , G r a b i s c h and R b s c h e r t for h e l p d u r i n g t h e m e a s u r e m e n t s . T h e DWBA c a l * * * * *
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