A series of proposed bands in 18O with potential nuclear molecular structures, such as 14C ⊗ α or 12C ⊗ 2n α, are being investigated. This was done through the use of the Q3D magnetic spectrograph at the Maier-Leibnitz Laboratory in Munich in conjunction with an array of double-sided silicon strip detectors (DSSDs). These detectors allowed for high resolution reconstruction of detected particles, enabling measurement of the branching ratios of the states that make up these bands. Here, a method is discussed for extracting the branching ratios of both material particles as well as γ-particles using the DSSD array to detect only charged decay fragments.

1.
M.
Freer
,
Rep. Prog. Phys
70
,
2149
2210
(
2007
).
2.
B.
Fulton
,
Contemp. Phys
40
(
5
),
299
311
(
1999
).
3.
W.
von Oertzen
 et al,
Eur. Phys. J. A
11
,
403
411
(
2001
).
4.
J.
Hiura
 et al,
Progr. Theor. Phys
42
,
555
580
(
1969
).
5.
W.
von Oertzen
 et al,
Eur. Phys. J. A
43
,
17
33
(
2010
).
6.
H.-F.
Wirth
, Ph.D. thesis,
Technischen Universität, München
2001
.
7.
H.-F.
Wirth
 et al,
Beschleuniger Laboratorium Munchen, Annual Report
(unpublished), p.
71
(
2000
).
8.
C.
Wheldon
 et al,
Phys. Rev. C
83
,
2503
2504
(
2011
).
9.
N.
Curtis
 et al,
Phys. Rev. C
51
,
1554
1557
(
1995
).
10.
N.
Curtis
 et al,
Phys. Rev. C
53
,
1804
1810
(
1996
).
11.
N.
Curtis
 et al,
Phys. Rev. C
66
,
024315:1
10
(
2002
).
12.
H.
Fortune
,
Phys. Rev. C
18
, p.
1053
(
1978
).
13.
K.
Artemov
,
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys.
37
, p.
805
(
1983
).
14.
G.
Morgan
,
Nucl. Phys. A
148
, p.
480
(
1970
).
This content is only available via PDF.