High-resolution $(p,t)$ study of low-spin states in ${}^{240}$Pu: Octupole excitations, $\alpha$ clustering, and other structure features

M. Spieker, S. Pascu, D. Bucurescu +6

A high-resolution $(p,t)$ experiment at $E_p$= 24 MeV was performed to populate low-spin states in the actinide nucleus ${}^{240}$Pu. The Q3D magnetic spectrograph of the Maier-L…