Energy dependence of the 12C(16O, α) reaction☆

The energy dependence of the 12C(16O, α) reaction was measured at incident energies of Elab=112−191 MeV. In the range ofEx(24Mg)=30−56 MeV, the excitation energies of the structures in the inclusive α spectrum were found to vary continuously as a function of incident energy in this region. This fact indicates that these structures do not represent excitations in 24Mg, but rather that they originate from a different process such as a sequential ejectile decay.