A nuclear reaction of the kind 32He + 126C X + is called a pick-up

Question:

A nuclear reaction of the kind 32He + 126C → X + α is called a pick-up reaction.
a) Why does it have this name, that is, what is picked up, what picked it up, and where did it come from?
b) What is the resulting nucleus, X?
c) What is the Q-value of this reaction?
d) Is this reaction endothermic or exothermic?