E3 Coulomb excitation of 19F

Abstract

The E3 matrix element connecting the ground state with the 5/2−, 1346-keV level in 19F has been measured by projectile excitation of a 19F beam and observation of the 1236-keV de-excitation gamma ray in Ge(Li) detectors. The thick-target yield of the 1236-keV gamma ray was 1.6, 6.0, 9.8, and 23 gammas per 1010 projectiles at bombarding energies of 22, 25, 26, and 28 MeV, respectively. The average value of the strength of the E3 transition deduced from these measurements is [Formula: see text] In addition, the E2 Coulomb-excitation cross section of the 1554-keV level was measured and the reduced transition strength of the E2 transition from the 1554-keV level to the ground state was found to be 6.8 ± 0.7 W.u. Comparisons are made with model predictions.