Spectroscopy of stretched configurations with the (d↘,α) reaction at 52 MeV

The reactions 12C(d↘,α)10B, 18O(d↘,α)16N and 34S(d↘,α)32P have been investigated at Ed=52 MeV. The observed vector analyzing powers are pronounced (‖ i T11 ‖ ≤0.9). They exhibit characteristic patterns for final spins J=L, J=L+1 and provide spin determinations at least for states of unique L‐transfer. DWBA calculations assuming deuteron‐cluster pick‐up reproduce qualitatively the observed effects. The method has been applied to locate states of maximum spin in 16N(3+,4−) and in 32P(5+).