IsS32(O16,C12)Ar36α*Transfer?

Abstract

The differential cross section for ${}_{}{}^{32}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{S}$(${}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}$, ${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}$)${}_{}{}^{36}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ar}$ has been analyzed with the finite-range distorted-wave Born-approximation computer code MERCURY (which includes recoil effects exactly). The general features of the data were reproduced only by assuming that the $\alpha$ particle was transferred in an excited state. Good fits to the data were found by also including $L$-dependent absorption in the optical potentials.