Coulomb and nuclear excitations of narrow resonances in 17Ne.

New experimental data for dissociation of relativistic 17 Ne projectiles incident on targets of lead, carbon, and polyethylene targets at GSI are presented. Special attention is paid to the excitation and decay of narrow resonant states in 17 Ne. Distributions of internal energy in the O 15 + p + p three-body system have been determined together with angular and partial-energy correlations between the decay products in different energy regions. The analysis was done using existing experimental data on 17 Ne and its mirror nucleus 17 N. The isobaric multiplet mass equation is used for assignment of observed resonances and their spins and parities. A combination of data from the heavy and light targets yielded cross sections and transition probabilities for the Coulomb excitations of the narrow resonant states. The resulting transition probabilities provide information relevant for a better understanding of the 17 Ne structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]