{alpha} decay of excited states in {sup 14}C

Measurements of the {sup 14}C({sup 14}C,{sup 14}C[{sup 10}Be+{alpha}]) breakup reaction have been made at a beam energy of 98.2 MeV. The studies were performed with two charged-particle telescopes that permitted the energy, mass, charge, and emission angle of each detected particle to be determined. A series of {sup 14}C excited states at energies of 14.3, 14.8 15.6, 16.4, 17.3, 18.6, 19.8, 20.6, and 21.6 MeV was observed to decay to either the {sup 10}Be ground state or the first excited states. Angular correlation measurements suggest an assignment of J{sup {pi}}=3{sup -} for the 15.6 MeV state.