Electric dipole strength in $sd$-shell nuclei from small-angle proton scattering

R. W. Fearick, O. Le Noan, H. Matsubara +3

The present work reports new total photoabsorption cross sections for the $N=Z$ nuclei in the $sd$-shell ${}^{20}$Ne, ${}^{24}$Mg, ${}^{28}$Si, ${}^{32}$S, ${}^{36}$Ar, and for ${}^{26}$Mg. Th…