T. K. Rana, S. Bhattacharya, C. Bhattacharya, S. Kundu, K. Banerjee, T. K. Ghosh, G. Mukherjee, R. Pandey, M. Gohil, A. Dey, J. K. Meena, G. Prajapati, P. Roy, H. Pai, M. Biswas
An excited state of $^{12}$C having excitation energy E$_x \sim$ 9.65 $\pm$ 0.02 MeV and width (FWHM) $\sim607\pm$ 55 keV, which decays to three $ \alpha $-particles via Hoyle state ($E_x \sim$ 7.65 MeV), has been directly identified for the first time in the exclusive inelastic scattering of 60 MeV $^{4}$He on $^{12}$C, measured in coincidence with the recoiling $^{12}$C$ ^* $ Hoyle state (decaying mostly as $^{12}$C$ ^* $ $\rightarrow \ ^{8} $Be + $ \alpha $ $\rightarrow \ \alpha + \alpha + \alpha$) by event-by-event kinematic reconstruction of the completely detected (4$ \alpha $) events. This state is likely to be a candidate for 2$_2^+$ first excited Hoyle state, the existence of which has recently been indirectly evidenced from the recent inclusive inelastic scattering studies.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.3336
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