Search for $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C clustering in $^{24}$Mg ground state
B N JOSHI ARUN K JAIN D C BISWAS B V JOHN Y K GUPTA L S DANU R P VIND G K PRAJAPATI S MUKHOPADHYAY A SAXENA
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In the backdrop of many models, the heavy cluster structure of the ground state of $^{24}$Mg has been probed experimentally for the first time using the heavy cluster knockout reaction $^{24}$Mg($^{12}$C, $^{212}$C)$^{12}$C in thequasifree scattering kinematic domain. In the ($^{12}$C, $^{212}$C) reaction, the direct $^{12}$C-knockout cross-section was found to be very small. Finite-range knockout theory predictions were much larger for ($^{12}$C, 212C) reaction,indicating a very small $^{12}$C−$^{12}$C clustering in $^{24}$Mg(g.s.). Our present results contradict most of the proposed heavy cluster ($^{12}$C+$^{12}$C) structure models for the ground state of $^{24}$Mg.
B N JOSHI1 ARUN K JAIN1 D C BISWAS1 B V JOHN1 Y K GUPTA1 L S DANU1 R P VIND1 G K PRAJAPATI1 S MUKHOPADHYAY1 A SAXENA1
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