------------------------------------------------------------ RECORD NO.: 899880 INSPEC Abstract No: A76038967 AUTHOR: Pauling, L. CORP SOURCE: Linus Pauling Inst. of Sci. & Medicine, Menlo Park, CA, USA TITLE: Structure of the excited band in /sup 24/Mg SOURCE: Physical Review Letters, vol.35, no.21, p. 1480-82 ISSN: 0031-9007 CODEN: PRLTAO PLACE OF PUBL: USA LANGUAGE: English YEAR: 24 Nov. 1975 TREATMENT: T Theoretical or Mathematical ABSTRACT: The author proposes an intrinsic cluster structure, obtained from the formation of a central bispheroid in the edge approximation of two /sup 12/C triangles, for the excited collective band in /sup 24/Mg (7 Refs.) DESCRIPTORS: nuclear cluster model; nuclear energy levels; nuclei with 20