Investigation into Excited States of 46 Ti Nuclei in Reactions with the 3 He Beam at 29 MeV

Energy spectra to the ground state and excited states of 46 Ti have been measured for the 45 Sc( 3 He, d) 46 Ti reaction at a bombarding energy of 29 MeV. Excited levels of 46 Ti were observed in a wide energy range from 2 to 16.5 MeV. Levels from 10.4 to 16.5 MeV are observed for the first time and populated with a high probability. The population of high-lying states with energies E x ≥ 10 MeV in 46 Ti and their structure can be explained as the lowest excited levels of the 42 Ca + 4 He alpha-cluster system corresponding to the superdeformed state of 46 Ti.