Physical Review Letters · 1970 · 31 citations · 1 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsNuclear PhysicsFew-body Nuclear SystemsHeavy-ion PhysicsNuclear ReactionsNuclear SpectroscopyAlpha-capture ProcessesIron IsotopesNuclear Excited StatesQuasiparticle States
It has been found that low-lying states are strongly excited in nickel isotopes by $\ensuremath{\alpha}$-transfer reactions induced by 48-MeV oxygen ions on iron targets, i.e., via the fourparticle, two-hole components of the nuclear wave functions.
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