PHOTODISINTEGRATION OF THE DEUTERON FROM 500 TO 900 Mev

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 1961 · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.121.630· OSTI ID:4095205

Myers, H; Gomez, R; Guinier, D; Tollestrup, A V

The reaction gamma + d yields p + n was studied for photon energies between 500 and 900 Mev. Bremsstrahlung from the California Institute of Technology electron synchrotron was incident on a liquid deuterium target. Measurements of the energy and angle of the protons arising in the interactions were sufficient to establish that photodisintegration without pion emission occurred and also to determine the energy of the photon which gave rise to the detected proton. An excitation curve was obtained at 90 deg in the laboratory, and angular distributions were measured for photon energies of 500 and 700 Mev. The total cross section decreased smoothly from 7 mu b at 500 Mev to 1 mu b at 900 Mev. (auth)

• Research Organization: California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena
• NSA Number: NSA-15-009712
• OSTI ID: 4095205
• Journal Information: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D, Journal Name: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D Vol. Vol: 121; ISSN PHRVA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
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NEUTRONS
PHOTOFISSION
PHOTONS
PHYSICS
PROTONS
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