Anisotropy of Yrast Gamma Transitions from <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">O</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>16</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> on <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Ti</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>48</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span>: Angular Momentum Dissipation and Alignment in Deep-Inelastic Reactions

H. Puchta; W. Dunnweber; W. Hering; C. Lauterbach; W. Trautmann

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.623

Anisotropy of Yrast Gamma Transitions from ${}^{16}O$ on ${}^{48}{Ti}$ : Angular Momentum Dissipation and Alignment in Deep-Inelastic Reactions

H. Puchta, W. Dunnweber, W. Hering, C. Lauterbach, and W. Trautmann

Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 623 – Published 27 August 1979

Abstract

The intensities and angular correlations of yrast transitions measured in coincidence with light fragments from 96-MeV ${}^{16}O$ + ${}^{48}{Ti}$ reactions are used to determine amount and alignment of the angular momentum transferred to the heavy fragment as a function of the reaction $Q$ value. It is found that fluctuations of the spin axis about the scattering normal are small at the most probable $Q$ value of - 32 MeV but increase strongly with increasing inelasticity.