Gamow-Teller strength deduced from 54Fe(n,p) 54Mn cross sections at 298 MeV.

M. C. Vetterli, (1) O. Hausser, (1 ' W. P. Alford, (3) D. Frekers , ( M ) R. Helmer, ( 3 ) R. Henderson, (1 ' K. Hicks, ( l ) K. P. J a c k s o n / 0 R. G. J e p p e s e n , ( u ) C. A. Miller, (1) M. A. Moinester ,° ' ) K. Raywood, (5 ) a n d S . Yen ( I ) TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T2A3 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A1S6 {2) University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A3K7 ^University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5SIA7 ^University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Tel Aviv University, 69978 Ramat Aviv, Israel (Received 27 April 1987)