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Exotic Molecular States in 12Be

Freer, M ; Angelique, J C ; Axelsson, L ; Benoit, B ; Bergmann, U C ; Catford, W N ; Chappell, S P G ; Clarke, N M ; Curtis, N and D'Arrigo, A , et al. (1999) In Physical Review Letters 82(7). p.1383-1386
Abstract
The breakup of 12Be into 6He+6He and 4He+8He has been studied using a 378 MeV 12Be beam inelastically excited by 12C and (CH2)n targets. The measurements indicate that breakup occurs from rotational states in the 10 to 25 MeV excitation energy interval, with spins in the range of 4ħ to 8ħ. The inferred moment of inertia is consistent with the cluster decay of an exotic molecular structure in 12Be, which may be associated with an α-4n-α cluster configuration.
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Physical Review Letters
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82
issue
7
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1383 - 1386
publisher
American Physical Society
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  • scopus:0000701311
ISSN
1079-7114
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1383
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English
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  abstract     = {{The breakup of 12Be into 6He+6He and 4He+8He has been studied using a 378 MeV 12Be beam inelastically excited by 12C and (CH2)n targets. The measurements indicate that breakup occurs from rotational states in the 10 to 25 MeV excitation energy interval, with spins in the range of 4ħ to 8ħ. The inferred moment of inertia is consistent with the cluster decay of an exotic molecular structure in 12Be, which may be associated with an α-4n-α cluster configuration.}},
  author       = {{Freer, M and Angelique, J C and Axelsson, L and Benoit, B and Bergmann, U C and Catford, W N and Chappell, S P G and Clarke, N M and Curtis, N and D'Arrigo, A and De Goes Brennard, E and Dorvaux, O and Fulton, B R and Giardina, G and Gregori, C and Grevy, S and Hanappe, F and Kelly, G and Labiche, M and Le Brun, C and Leenhardt, S and Lewitowicz, M and Markenroth Bloch, Karin and Marqués, F M and Motta, M and Murgatroyd, J T and Nilsson, T and Ninane, A and Orr, N A and Piqueras, I and Saint Laurent, M G and Singer, S M and Sorlin, O and Stuttgé, L and Watson, D L}},
  issn         = {{1079-7114}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{1383--1386}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review Letters}},
  title        = {{Exotic Molecular States in 12Be}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1383}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1383}},
  volume       = {{82}},
  year         = {{1999}},
}