Abstract.It is suggested that weak coupling picture for the e-cluster states holds not only in the 44Ti~4~ region but also in the upper part of the sd-shell region. To confirm this experimentally, the e-clustering aspects of 3BAr is investigated. 25.55.Ci; 21.60.Gx; 27.30. +t Alpha-cluster picture has been successful in light nuclei up to 2~ in the sd-shell region. Recent observations [1] of a theoretically predicted parity doublet K=0-band [-2] with an e-cluster structure both in 44Ti and 4~ have shown that the e-cluster structure is important even in the fp-shell region. However, e-clustering aspects in the upper part of the s d-shell remain unclear. In this communication we suggest that the weak coupling picture for e-cluster states holds not only in the beginning of the fp-shell region of 44Ti ~ 4~ but also across the shell closure. To confirm this, attention is drawn to the importance of the observation of a welldeveloped e-cluster K = 0-band in 3BAr.
PACS:The e-hole (in the d3/2 orbit) interaction in thefp-shell region estimated by using the experimental binding energies [4] is repulsive and weak at about 0.48 MeV, which supports weak coupling in the region. However, we see in Fig. 1 that weak coupling of the energy levels seems to hold not only in the beginning of the fp-shell but also in the upper part of the sd-shell across the shell closure. In 3SAr not only does the rotational K=0 + band built on the first excited 0 § state [5] resemble that in 4~ 42Ca and 44Ti but also the B(E2) values between the states of the band are similarly very much enhanced. This K=0 § band can be considered to be a 4p-6h intruder state, while in 36Ar the 0~, wich is enhanced in the e-transfer reactions I-6], can be considered to be a 4p-8 h intruder state.One of the direct ways to confirm that weak coupling based on the e-cluster picture persists across the shell closure is to observe the e-cluster K=0-band in 3SAt which is a parity-doublet partner of the K=0 § band. To know how the band is enhanced in the e-transfer reactions in spite of the fragmentation [1], e-widths as well as location of the energy levels are needed.e-particle scattering from nuclei in this region does not show a pronounced backward angle anomaly (BAA) which is typically seen in e-scattering from 4~ because of increased absorption. This is one of the reasons why little attention has been paid to studies of e-clustering in this region. However, we notice that angular distributions at backward angles still retain a characteristic feature peculiar to the BAA. For the e+34S system the angular distribution of e-particle scattering at E. = 18 MeV [7] shows a characteristic feature at backward angles more or less similar to e+ 36Ar scattering.