Resonances in 28Si + 28Si. II —Analyses for the Angular Distributions and Angular Correlations—

Abstract

Resonances observed in the 28Si+28Si collision are studied by the molecular model. In the preceding paper, it is clarified that at high spins in 28Si+28Si (oblate-oblate system), the stable dinuclear configuration of the system is equator-equator touching one, and that the axially asymmetric shape of the stable configuration of 28Si+28Si gives rise to a wobbling motion ($K$-mixing). There, the normal modes around the equilibrium have been solved and various excited states have been obtained. Those states are expected to be the origin of a large number of resonances observed. Hence their physical quantities are analyzed theoretically. The results are compared with the recent experiment performed in Strasbourg and turn out to be in good agreement with the data. Disalignments between the orbital angular momentum and the spins of the constituent 28Si nuclei in the resonance state are clarified. Moreover the analyses of the angular correlations indicate characteristic features for each normal-mode excitation. Thus it is possible to identify the modes, and a systematic experimental study of angular correlation measurements is desired.