Segel RE. Radiative-capture studies of the giant dipole resonance. Gamma-ray yields from capture of protons and alpha-particles give finer details than studies of gamma-ray absorption.
Science 1967;
158:723-30. [PMID:
6048114 DOI:
10.1126/science.158.3802.723]
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Abstract
The data on radiative capture through the giant resonance have led to a model in which the capture is pictured as proceeding through a single broad (and therefore short-lived) state that can be called the giant-resonance state. This state is the one formed directly upon capture of a proton, and hence most of the capture radiation is emitted quickly in the direct-interaction mode. Some of the energy that is contained in the giant-resonance state is shared with the more-complicated states of the compound nucleus (that is, with states having many excited nucleons). This sharing, in turn, gives rise to the fine structure that is observed within the giant-resonance envelope. The constant angular distributions that are observed throughout the giant-resonance region support the single-state picture of the giant resonance.
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