LOW ENERGY CROSS SECTIONS FOR THE D-D AND D-T REACTIONS
Previous computations of cross sections for the D-D and D-T reactions were dependent on the knowledge of the energy loss of deuterons and tritons in D{sub 2}O ice targets. Recent Published experimental data on the energy loss dE/dx of protons in H{sub 2} and O{sub 2} have been sufficiently consistent to correct the results of the measurements of Bretscher, French and Sidel (Phys. Rev. 73, 815 (1948) and 75, 1154 (1949). Without describing the methods used to obtain the new data, the author uses the results of the dE/dx measurements to correct the cross sections of Bretscher et al. A simple correction factor is given, and the corrected values are tabulated for the D-D and D-T reactions. The Gamow formula, modified by a resonance factor, is applied to the revised data, and a good fit to the theoretical slope is obtained.
- Research Organization:
- Brace Lab. of Physics, Univ. of Nebraska, NE (United States)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-06-001528
- OSTI ID:
- 4394640
- Report Number(s):
- AECU-1834
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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