In the 24Mg(tau,p)26Al reaction at a bombarding energy of 19.5 MeV, the state at Ex = 3.72 MeV is seen to be populated by an L = 0 transition and with the strength expected for a 0+, T = 1 state of the pure (K = 1/2+)2 configuration. This result, together with previous information on 26Al, makes compelling the identification of this state as the `missing' 0+, T = 1 analog to the 3.58 MeV state in
... [Show full abstract] 26Mg and the 3.32 MeV state in 26Si. Present address:Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA.