The structure of 26Mg investigated with the (d, p) reaction

Angular distributions have been measured for the 25Mg(d, p)26Mg reaction at 13 MeV leading to excited states between Ex = 0 and 8 MeV. Experimental cross sections are compared with DWBA calculations and extended shell-model calculations in the full sd shell. Spin and parity restrictions are obtained for several levels in the region Ex = 6−;8 MeV. Spectroseopic factors for transitions to the lowest four positive-parity states of each spin are well reproduced by the shell-model calculations; however, in mixed configurations the largest component is systematically underestimated by the shell model. Only 60% of the strength for s1/2 transfer is observed