Forbidden (p,d) pickup to stretched states of /sup 26/Al

The /sup 27/Al(p,d)/sup 26/Al reaction has been studied at E/sub p/ = 35 MeV with high resolution to populate known 5/sup -/ and 6/sup -/ stretched states of d/sub 5/2/-hole--f/sub 7/2/-particle structure, and to obtain the weak spectroscopic factors. These are compared to results also obtained for the /sup 26/Mg(p,d)/sup 25/Mg and /sup 26/Mg(/sup 3/He,..cap alpha..)/sup 25/Mg reactions to known (7/2/sup -/ states. An analysis of these results in the Nilsson scheme exposes the structure of the 6/sup -/ stretched states and offers an understanding of the fragmentation of M6 stretched transition strength in /sup 26/Mg, as seen by electron scattering. This work is part of a consistent study of many nuclear reactions to stretched states in mass 26, to serve as a test case for these important single-particle modes.