title: Identification of the I(pi) = 10(+) Yrast rotational state in 24Mg.
abstract: Spins and parities of high spin states above the particle-binding threshold in 24Mg were determined with a basis expansion technique using triple and quadruple angular correlations between alpha particles and gamma rays. The first unambiguous identification of a 10(+) state is reported. Located at 19.2(1) MeV, this state decays predominantly by alpha emission, although a candidate gamma-decay branch with a 5.927 MeV transition connecting this 10(+) level to the rotational 8(+) state at 13.2 MeV was identified as well. The corresponding gamma-alpha branching ratio is 7(3)x10(-4).
authors.affiliation: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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