$sup 13$C+$sup 144$Sm neutron-transfer reaction

Angular distributions have been obtained for the $sup 144$Sm($sup 13$C,$sup 13$C)$sup 144$Sm) $sup 144$Sm($sup 13$C,$sup 14$C)$sup 143$Sm$sub 0$.$sub 75$, and $sup 144$Sm($sup 13$C,$sup 14$C)$sup 143$Sm$sub 1$.$sub 10$ reactions at 66 MeV. In addition, several states in $sup 143$Sm and $sup 145$Sm were identified by bombardment of $sup 144$Sm in the reactions ($sup 13$C,$sup 14$C) and ($sup 13$C,$sup 12$C), respectively, at 72 MeV for theta)=50degree. Optical model parameters were deduced and a full finite-range recoil distorted wave Born approximation analysis provided C$sup 2$S values and J/sup pi/ assignments for levels in $sup 143$Sm and $sup 145$Sm. The use of heavy-ion reactions in conjunction with light ion results is shown to be a useful nuclear spectroscopic tool.