THE ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION AND YIELD OF THE REACTION F19(p, α0)O16

Abstract

The yield of the ground state alpha particles from the F19(p, α0)O16 reaction has been studied from an energy of 1.3 Mev. to 2.7 Mev. The observed angular distributions were analyzed in terms of a Legendre polynomial expansion by the method of least squares. Six resonances were found in the energy region studied, at bombarding energies of 1.358 Mev., 1.709 Mev., 1.853 Mev., 2.11 Mev., 2.31 Mev., and 2.58 Mev. The widths and peak cross sections of these resonances are respectively: (54 ± 10 kev., 46 ± 5 mb.), (140 ± 5 kev., 55 ± 6 mb.), (132 ± 5 kev., 77 ± 8 mb.), (75 ± 25 kev., 10 ± 2 mb.), (80 ± 25 kev., 32 ± 5 mb.), and (300 ± 25 kev., 51 ± 10 mb.). Their spins, parities, channel spin mixtures, and partial widths are discussed.