PROBING THE 12C - 12C AND 12C - 16O MOLECULAR STATES BY RADIATIVE CAPTURE REACTIONS: PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE

Complete γ-decay in the 12C(12C,γ)24Mg and 12C(16O,γ)28Si reactions has been measured at energies close to the Coulomb Barrier using the DRAGON spectrometer and its associated BGO γ-array at the TRIUMF facility. The experimental data show an important feeding of doorway states around 10-11 MeV in both reactions. Comparisons with simulations allow to extract the full capture cross section and the main spin involved in the process. Different models are confronted to the results : completely statistical, semi-statistical with an unique entrance spin and cluster. The resolution of the BGO enables to eliminate a fully statistical scenario but is not enough to disentangle the two remaining scenarii. It is shown that the future PARIS array composed of the recently developed LaBr3 scintillators will have capabilities to distinguish between these two scenarii.