Abstract
We measured the excitation function for O-13 + p elastic scattering to obtain data on the unknown F-14 nucleus. The ground state and several low-lying excited states in F-14 were observed and spin/parity assignments were made. F-14 appears to be much less unstable than was predicted. We compare theoretical predictions for the F-14 level scheme with the experimental results. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.