α pickup from 24 Mg

Angular distributions have been measured at a bombarding energy of 28 MeV for the reaction /sup 24/Mg(d,/sup 6/Li) /sup 20/Ne, populating most of the known levels below 9.1 MeV excitation. Results were compared with distorted wave Born-approximation calculations, and ..cap alpha.. spectroscopic factors extracted. Those for the g.s. band are in reasonable agreement with theoretical predictions. Members of the 7.20-MeV band are found to possess very large spectroscopic factors, in agreement with the core-excited nature of this band.