Abstract
Experimental and theoretical evidence is presented that the proton exchange is strongly enhanced by a mixing of single-particle configurations in (in the system Cl, which is shown to be the clearest example of hybridization in nuclear physics. The experimental data on elastic and inelastic transfer are only reproduced if the complete set of single-particle states (,,,,, and ) is included in a coupled-reaction-channel calculation. The strong enhancement is explained by the hybridization of orbits of different parity. In a two-center molecular-orbital approach the density of the proton orbitals in the lowest state is shown to be concentrated at the center between the two cores.
- Received 24 June 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.259
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