NUCLEON RESONANCES IN DEFORMED-NUCLEI

The eigenstates of a Woods-Saxon axially deformed potential are calcul ated by solving the corresponding coupled channel Schrodinger equation with outgoing boundary condition at large distances, thus providing b oth the hound states and the outgoing resonances. The level energies a nd conditions for bound states to become narrow resonances, and vice v ersa, are investigated as a function of the deformation. These studies may be important to interpret future measurements with nuclei close t o the nucleon drip line.