The level structure of some light nuclei

Abstract

One of the major fields of research in nuclear physics is the accumulation of experimental data on the properties of energy levels in the various light nuclei. In general, the most useful information that can be obtained iw whether or not an evergy level exists, its excitation energy, its width, its total angular momentum or spin, its relative probability of different modes of decay and its isobaric spin admixtures. Such information should be useful in acquiring furhter understanding of nuclear forces and nuclear structure. The research reported in this thesis is a part of this systematic search for and classification of nuclear energy level, Five separate experiments have been carried out and ddata has been collected on part of the level strucutre of the nuclei B9, C10, C11, N14, o15 and Ne20. (First two paragraphs of introduction).