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Title: | The search for the 2+ excitation of the 12C Hoyle state using the 12C(12C,12C[3alpha])12C reaction | ||||||
Author: | Muñoz-Britton, Tomás |
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0000 0004 2710 0183
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Awarding Body: | University of Birmingham | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Birmingham | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2011 | ||||||
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A search was conducted for the 2+2 excitation of the 7.65 MeV, 0+2, Hoyle state in 12C using the 12C(12C, 12C[3α]) 12C reaction. The analysis focussed primarily on the 9.7 MeV region in the 12C excitation energy spectrum and no evidence of a resonance was found. Monte Carlo simulations were used to investigate the minimum strength at which a resonance would need to exist in order to be resolved by the experimental setup used. The possibility was also investigated that the 2+2 resonance may be observed in the 12C(12C, 12C[8Be*+α]) 12C reaction channel, though the methods contained within this thesis allowed only limited analysis of reaction channels involving non-zero spin states in the intermediate 8Be nucleus; no evidence of a resonance was found. Further analysis of the 9.6 MeV and 10 MeV regions of the 12C excitation energy spectrum also revealed no clear sign of a 2+2 resonance.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.542125 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
Keywords: | QC Physics | ||||||
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