16O-8Be break-up states and cluster structure of 24Mg
Abstract:High-spin states of 24Mg produced in the 16O + 12C interaction and decaying into the 16Og.s. + 8Beg.s. channel have been observed in the excitation region between 35 and 52 MeV. Spins have been assigned on the basis of the analysis of the measured angular correlations. Some of these states with positive parity correspond to the known resonances of the 12C( 12C, 8Beg.s.) 16O reaction belonging to the 16O-2α rotational band of 24Mg. Moreover other resonances show up at higher excitation energy with an energy-spin relationship again suggesting a 16O-2α cluster structure for the associated configuration.