Investigation of two- and three-nucleon transfer reactions in C-12+Fe-56

Multi-nucleon transfer reactions Fe-56(C-12, X) have been studied at an inc ident C-12 energy of 60 MeV. Angular distributions of Be-10 and Be-9 corres ponding to 2p and 2p1n transfer reactions in transition to low-lying states in the residual nuclei have been measured. The angular distribution data f or 2p transfer have been analysed in terms of finite range DWBA calculation s assuming a one-step transfer of two protons. The spectroscopic factors fo r three low-lying transitions observed in Fe-56(C-12, Be-10)Ni-58 have been extracted. Transfer probabilities for the ground state transition in two- and three-nucleon stripping channels have been obtained and compared with t he corresponding sequential transfer probabilities in order to emphasise th e role of direct transfer of nucleons vis-a-vis sequential transfer.