“…In contrast, all (p,n~) transitions are effected by quite restricted TNM paths (pn-+ ppn~ on a target neutron from an orbital specific to the initialand 2p-lh final-state configurations), yielding a relative population of states dominated by momentum-matching considerations. 3 The resulting implication that mirror states populated strongly in both reactions correspond to high-spin 2p-lh transitions facilitates spectroscopic applications (e.g., a 5 ~ assignment to the strong states near E x = 15 MeV in 14 0 and 14 C) to be discussed in a future in-depth report on these data. We concentrate below on results for continuum regions of the l3 C(p,x ± ) spectra, and for the discrete transition to the strong, sharp, previously unknown state at is* =23.2 MeV in 14 C. The 12 C(/?poi,7r + ) data, acquired to complement results for the latter transition, show ( Fig.…”