0+ States of 8Be

Abstract

The light even nuclei with A ;;;. 10 have 0+ excited states near 6 MeV, probably with large (X-particle reduced widths. A similar state in BBe would be very broad. Evidence for 0+ excited states in BBe has been obtained here using many-level R-matrix fits to known (X-(X scattering data, but the excitation energies depend strongly on the assumed channel radius. For a simultaneous fit to the 9Be(p, d)BBe cross section, assuming these higher states are not strongly populated, the channel radius is restricted to (7~~) fm, implying a 0+ excited state at (6=f3) MeV of width (9=f4) MeV.