A study of the reactions14C(→d, d′)14C and 14C(→d, p)15C at 16.0 MeV

Abstract Cross-section and vector-analyzing-power measurements for 14 C(d, d′) and 14 C(d, p) reactions have been carried out for E d = 16 MeV. The inelastic-scattering data have been analyzed using the DWBA with a collective and a microscopic model form-factor and also by using the coupled-channels formalism with a vibrational model form-factor. It is observed that while the cross-section angular-distribution data for the two 2 + states at E x = 7.012 and 8.318 MeV are very similar, the corresponding vector analyzing powers are quite different. The results of the analyses indicate that the distinctive characteristics probably arise from the difference in the relative importance of the proton and neutron components in the transition amplitude. The 3 − state at E x = 6.728 MeV is identified as predominantly a 1p-3h state. Although the deformation parameters are relatively large, the single-particle structure aspects play a more dominant role than channel-coupling effects in populating the inelastic states. The transfer reaction data have been analyzed using the DWBA for bound and unbound states. The importance of two-step processes has been investigated via coupled-reaction-channels calculations. The g.s. and the states with excitation energies 0.770, 3.103 and 4.78 MeV in 15 C are populated primarily by a one-step process with a small two-step contribution in the case of the 3.103 MeV state. The 4.22 MeV state is populated predominantly by two-step processes. The 4.78 and the 5.83 MeV states have been identified as 1p-2h and 3p-4h, 3/2 + state, respectively, in an earlier report. There is close similarity in the level structures and reaction mechanisms between the states of 15 C and 17 O populated via the (d, p) reaction.