Excited states in 22Mg via the 12C(12C,2n)22Mg reaction

Abstract The 12 C( 12 C, 2n) 22 Mg reaction was measured with the CLARION array and the RMS separator at the Holifield Facility of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This experiment was performed to gather more information on the excited states in 22 Mg, which might be of relevance to recent radioactive ion beam measurements of the astrophysically important 21 Na(p, γ) 22 Mg reaction. The results are compared to direct measurements, transfer experiments and a competing experiment performed with Gammasphere.