Clustering in ^18O – absolute determination of branching ratios via high-resolution particle spectroscopy [article]

S. Pirrie, C. Wheldon, Tz. Kokalova, J. Bishop, R. Hertenberger, H.-F. Wirth, S. Bailey, N. Curtis, D. Dell'Aquila, Th. Faestermann, D. Mengoni, R. Smith (+2 others)
2019 arXiv   pre-print
The determination of absolute branching ratios for high-energy states in light nuclei is an important and useful tool for probing the underlying nuclear structure of individual resonances: for example, in establishing the tendency of an excited state towards α-cluster structure. Difficulty arises in measuring these branching ratios due to similarities in available decay channels, such as (^18O,n) and (^18O,2n), as well as differences in geometric efficiencies due to population of bound excited
more » ... evels in daughter nuclei. Methods are presented using Monte Carlo techniques to overcome these issues.
arXiv:1912.00300v1 fatcat:sgkw2erwnbhezchhv3un2zzsdy