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Radiative capture of tensor polarized deuterons by the hydrogen isotopes

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5740893

The angular distributions of the cross section sigma(theta), vector analyzing power A/sub y/, and tensor analyzing power A/sub yy/ were measured for the /sup 1/H(anti d, ..gamma..)/sup 3/He and /sup 2/H(anti d, ..gamma..)/sup 4/He reactions at E/sub d/ = 95 MeV. Our measurement of the /sup 2/H(anti d, ..gamma..)/sup 4/ reaction revealed that at E/sub d/ = 95 MeV there were no significant changes from the reaction observed at E/sub d/ = 10 MeV. The 90/sup 0/ cross section is about 10% of the maximum cross section. All of our results are consistent with the presence of E1 radiation in addition to the dominant E2 transition. A mechanism exists to give E1 strength in this reaction, since the isospin selection rule suppressing the E1 transition is rigorous only in the long wavelength limit. Our measurement of the /sup 1/H(anti d, ..gamma..)/sup 3/He cross section was in good agreement with other measurements of this process. The tensor analyzing power was small and negative (approx. -0.07). A simple PWBA model successfully fit this tensor analyzing power with the same parameter set used to interpret A/sub yy/ at E/sub d/ = 30 MeV. Within the framework of this model, the asymptotic D-S state normalization ratio is eta = -0.029. This feature was unexpected, since the reaction mechanism changes dramatically with energy (initial state interactions have died out at E/sub d/ = 95 MeV).

Research Organization:
Indiana Univ., Bloomington (USA)
OSTI ID:
5740893
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English