Reexamination of the excited states of {sup 12}C

An analysis of the {sup 12}C({sup 12}C,3{alpha}){sup 12}C reaction was made at beam energies between 82 and 106 MeV. Decays to both the ground state and the excited states of {sup 8}Be were isolated, allowing states of different characters to be identified. In particular, evidence was found for a previously observed state at 11.16 MeV. An analysis of the angular distributions of the unnatural parity states at 11.83 and 13.35 MeV, previously assigned J{sup {pi}}=2{sup -}, calls into question the validity of these assignments, suggesting that at least one of the states may correspond to J{sup {pi}}=4{sup -}. Evidence is also found for 1{sup -} and 3{sup -} strengths associated with broad states between 11 and 14 MeV.