Evidence for giant quadrupole excitation in 208Pb by 200 MeV 12C scattering

R. Kamermans, J. van Driel, H.P. Morsch, J. Wilczynski, A. van der Woude
1979 Physics Letters B  
In inelastic 12C scattering from 2°8pb a peak, corresponding in excitation energy, width and strength to the well-known GQR is observed. The underlying broad continuum is probably due to 13C breakup rather than to excitation of giant resonances with L > 2.
doi:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90740-8 fatcat:ms6gdxean5he5ewvhrp5ifbcxa