Polarization transfer in the 2H(d,n)3He reaction at θ = 0°

The vector polarization transfer coefficient K_y^y′ and the tensor analyzing power A_zz have been measured for the ²H($\text{d}$$\text{n}$)³He reaction at θ = 0° over an incident deuteron energy range from 1 to 15 MeV in 0.5 MeV steps. The results agree with the previous ²H($\text{d}$$\text{n}$)³He measurements of Simmons et al. and are nearly identical to the ²H($\text{d}$$\text{n}$)³H measurements of Clegg et al. in the region of overlap. The present results provide an accurate and complete set of the observables necessary to use the ²H($\text{d}$,$\text{n}$)³He reaction as a source of polarized neutrons.     

The brute-force polarization of 23Na and the 23Na(n, γ)24Na reaction

A Na target has been polarized by brute force to 22% and the γ-radiation produced by polarized thermal neutron capture has been investigated. The J^π = 2⁺ channel spin contribution has been determined model-independently and unambiguously for 22 primary transitions. The average J^π = 2⁺ channel contribution is 5.8(5)%. The data resulted in one spin assignment and two spin restrictions. The energies and lifetimes of positive-parity levels as well as branching ratios and the magnetic moment of the ground state are in agreement with a shell-model calculation in the complete sd shell.     

Angular distribution of polarization transfer in 2H(d, p)3H

Measurements have been made of seven polarization transfer coefficients for the ²H($\text{d}$, $\text{p}$)³H reaction. The experiment used a polarized deuteron beam from the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Lamb-shift polarized ion source, a liquid-nitrogen cooled deuterium gas target, a magnetic quadrupole triplet for focusing the reaction protons and a helium filled polarimeter for simultaneously measuring the proton polarization along two transverse axes. Results have been obtained at 10 MeV and for lab angles of 15, 30, 45 and 60 degrees for the vector transfer coefficients K_x^x′, K_y^y′ and K_z^x′, and the tensor transfer coefficients K_xx^y′, K_yy^y′, K_zz^y′ and K_xz^y′.     

Deuteron d-state effects for the reactions 117Sn(d, p)118Sn and 119Sn(d, p)120Sn

Angular distributions of the differential cross section and the three tensor analyzing powers were measured for the reactions ¹¹⁷Sn($\text{d}$, p)¹¹⁸Sn and ¹¹⁹Sn($\text{d}$, p)¹²⁰Sn at E_d = 12 MeV. In addition, excitation functions of the tensor analyzing power T₂₀ were measured at proton lab angles of 0° and 5° for energies ranging from 10 to 12 MeV. At forward angles, the tensor analyzing powers for the ground state (l_n = 0) transitions are more than an order of magnitude larger than the predictions of distorted-wave calculations which neglect the deuteron D-state. Qualitative agreement with the measurements is obtained when the D-state is included.     

Analyzing powers of valence and inner neutron-hole states in 115Sn via the 116Sn(d, t) reaction

The reaction ¹¹⁶Sn($\text{d}$, t)¹¹⁵Sn up to 7.5 MeV excitation energy has been studied at 40 MeV incident energy using a vector polarized deuteron beam. The measured analyzing power reveals strong J-dependence effects and has been used to clearly assign the spin of a number of low-lying states in the ¹¹⁵Sn nucleus. At higher excitation energy, a broad and fragmented bump is observed between 3.7 and 6.0 MeV in ¹¹⁵Sn. This work reports on one of the first attempts to determine the spin of such structure through polarization measurements. The analyzing power data indicates a mixing of spins $\text{J =}\text{9}\text{2}\text{,}\text{1}\text{2}$, in agreement with the excitation of the $\text{1}\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{and}\text{2}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ inner neutron-hole strengths in the ¹¹⁵Sn nucleus. In addition, some $\text{2}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ components are observed around ~ 4.6 MeV excitation energy.     

Spin-parity assignments for 66Cu levels via the 68Zn(d, α)66Cu reaction

The ⁶⁸Zn($\text{d}$, α)⁶⁶Cu reaction populating low-lying states in ⁶⁶Cu has been studied at θ_lab = 4° using deuteron beams in the energy range 9.0 to 10.5 MeV. Tensor analyzing powers were calculated and natural- or unnatural-parity assignments were made for thirteen states in ⁶⁶Cu. By combining these results with existing limits unambiguous J^π assignments of 2⁺, 2⁺, 2⁺ and 1⁺ have been made for the levels at 186, 465, 822 and 1344 keV respectively. The previous tentative assignments to seven other levels have been confirmed while that for the 1247 keV level has been shown to be incorrect. The identification of the quartet of levels based on the $\text{π(}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)v(}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}$ configuration has been confirmed.     

D-state effects in (d, t) and (d, 3He) reactions

The influence of the deuteron and triton [³He] D-state on the form factor required in the DWBA analyses of the ($\text{d}$, t) [($\text{d}$, ³He)] reactions has been studied. The wave functions of Phillips are used for three-nucleon systems because they are designed to yield the correct asymptotic form for the (d, t) and (d, ³He) overlaps. The zero-range parameters D₀ and D₂ which enter into the calculation of the cross section and the tensor analysing power in the DWBA with the local energy approximation are calculated and found to yield values consistent with experimental data.     

The 54Fe(p, d)53Fe and 140Ced(p, d)139Ce reactions at 122 MeVag

The ⁵⁴Fe($\text{p}$, d)⁵³Fe and ¹⁴⁰Ce($\text{p}$, d)¹³⁹Ce reactions have been studied at a proton energy of 122 MeV. Analyzing powers and angular distributions were obtained for outgoing deuterons to the strong low-lying single-particle states in both nuclei. These data along with the data of others at 26, 29, 41, 52 and 24, 35, 55 MeV for ⁵⁴Fe and ¹⁴⁰Ce respectively, have been compared with exact-finite-range DWBA calculations carried out in a consistent fashion to determine the energy dependence of the spectroscopic factors. A strong energy dependence was noticed for the spectroscopic factors when the l-values were large.     

Study of low-lying levels in 47Ca with the 48Ca(d, t)47Ca reaction

Angular distributions of cross sections [α(θ)] and vector analyzing powers [iT₁₁(γ)] have been measured for seven low-lying states or groups of states excited by the ⁴⁸Ca($\text{d}$, t)⁴⁷Ca reaction with 13.5 MeV deuterons and analyzed by the DWBA. On the basis of comparison of vector analyzing powers with DWBA calculations, spin-parity assignments have been made or confirmed for several states. Spectroscopic factors have been extracted. Angular distributions for weak states at 3.30 and 3.57 MeV excitation in ⁴⁷Ca could not be reproduced by DWBA calculations. Investigations of compound nucleus and multi-step contributions to the cross sections and analyzing powers for these states have been made by means of Hauser-Feshbach and CCBA calculations. Optical model parameters were obtained from analysis of 13.5 MeV deuteron elastic scattering cross sections and analyzing powers.     

The 4He(d, αp)n reaction at 12 and 17 MeV

The cross section and the analyzing powers A_y, A_xx and A_yy for the reaction ⁴He($\text{d}$, αp)n are studied with kinematically complete measurements at incident energies of 12 and 17 MeV. Spectral structures due to the final-state interactions and quasifree scattering are measured. A three-body model of the Faddeev type gives a satisfactory fit to the cross-section and A_y data, but it fails to fit adequately the tensor analyzing-power data. The tensor analyzing powers in the breakup process should be sensitive to the input two-body force, and that sensitivity seems to be somewhat greater near the three-body 1⁺ resonance.     

54Cr, 54, 58Fe, 58Ni(d,p)55Cr, 55, 59Fe, 59Ni Vector analyzing power measurements

(d, p) cross sections and vector analyzing powers have been measured at 10 MeV bombarding energy for targets ⁵⁴Cr, ⁵⁴Fe, ⁵⁸Fe and ⁵⁸Ni. The systematic behaviour of the analyzing powers with Q for states of a given J^π has been observed. Spins of a number of states in ⁵⁵Cr and ⁵⁹Fe have been deduced.     

Spectroscopy of 62Ni with the 61Ni(d, p) reaction

Differential cross sections, vector and tensor analysing powers have been measured for the ⁶¹Ni(d, p) reaction at a deuteron energy of 12.3 MeV. Most of the 30 transitions observed below 8.5 MeV excitation are dominated by a single j-value, which was determined from behaviour of the analysing power data. For a number of transitions it was possible to make unambiguous j-assignment relying on the established j-dependence of the T₂₂ tensor analysing power. The deduced spectroscopic factors indicate that the full strength of neutron transfer to the ($\text{2p, 1f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$) and $\text{1}\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ orbits was found and seven $\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ transitions were located above 5.3 MeV. The separated strengths of the $\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{,}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{and}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ transitions are compared with shell-model calculations for the low-lying states of ⁶²Ni.     

Energy levels of 56Co studied by the 58Ni(d, α)56Co reaction near 0°

Tensor analyzing powers, T₂₀, of outgoing α-particles in the ⁵⁸Ni($\text{d}$, α)⁵⁶Co reaction at detection angles near 0° have been measured for excited states in ⁵⁶Co for beam energies of 6.75, 7.0, 7.5, 9.0 and 9.5 MeV. Thirty-seven spin-parity combinations for ⁵⁶Co excited states have been deduced. Previous J^π ambiguities for 11 of these states have been eliminated, and results in conflict with existing assignments for the levels at 3.235 and 3.378 MeV have been obtained. A search for 0⁺ states was carried out from angular distribution measurements at forward angles of the unpolarized (d, α) reaction. The combined results from this and previous experiments were found to be in reasonable agreement with calculated level schemes.     

Spectroscopy of the 50Cr(d, p)51Cr reaction and the deuteron D-state effects

Analyzing powers (T₁₁, T₂₀ and T₂₂) were measured for the (d, p) reaction leading to several states of ⁵¹Cr using 12.3 MeV polarized deuterons. The experimental results were analyzed in terms of distorted-wave theory with the inclusion of the deuteron D-state. Spin assignments to several states of ⁵¹Cr were made on the basis of j-dependence of the vector and tensor analyzing powers.     

Measurement of the analyzing power of the 3He(d, p)4He reaction below 1 MeV

The analyzing powers iT₁₁, T₂₀, T₂₁ and T₂₂ have been measured for the reaction ³He(d, p)⁴He at laboratory energies of 344, 465 and 727 keV. A polarized deuteron beam was used with quantization axis oriented perpendicular to and at 54.7° to the incident beam direction. With semi-conductor proton detectors in two perpendicular planes all four analyzing powers could be determined. The beam polarization was determined using the ³H(d, n)⁴He reaction at a mean energy of 130 keV. The uncertainty in this analyzing power and the effect on the results is discussed. The analyzing powers have been fitted to a Legendre polynomial expansion to four or five terms and the resulting coefficients tabulated. The results indicate that d-waves contribute to the reaction only through the ${}^4\text{D}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ entrance channel and their contribution falls off both above and below the $\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ resonance at 430 keV.     

The polarization of protons from the 2H(d, p)3H reaction for deuteron energies below 1 MeV

The angular distribution of proton polarization P^γ' (θ) from the ${}^2\text{H}\text{(}\text{d,}\text{p}\text{)}{}^3\text{H}$ reaction has been measured at 975 keV deuteron energy. Moreover, the energy dependence of P^γ′(E_d) was measured at 45°(lab) for deuteron energies between 250 and 975 keV. The values of σ₀(θ)P^γ' (θ) were fitted in terms of an associated Legendre polynomial expansion. The measured energy dependence of P^γ' (E_d) has been analyzed in terms of barrier-penetration parameters.     

Single-proton states in 175Tm studied with the (t, α) reaction

The ${}^{176}\text{Yb(}\text{t}\text{, α)}{}^{176}\text{Tm}$ reaction has been studied using 17 MeV tritons with a polarization of ≈ 0.78 from the Los Alamos tandem Van de Graaff accelerator facility. The reaction products were momentum analyzed with a Q3D magnetic spectrometer and detected with a helical-cathode position-sensitive proportional counter. No nuclear structure information is available in the literature for the neutron-rich ¹⁷⁵Tm isotope. A comparison of the measured angular distribution for the $\text{(}\text{t}\text{, α)}$ reaction with DWBA predictions permitted spin and parity assignments for many levels. Rotational bands have been assigned for the $\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{[411],}\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{[523],}\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{[411],}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{[413]}\text{and}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{[532]}$ orbitals, and tentative suggestions are given for the location of the $\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{[402]}\text{and}\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{[404]}$ Nilsson states. For the weakly populated band members the assignments rest strongly on the Nilsson model and are based mostly on energy relations and comparison with experimental population patterns observed in neighbouring nuclei for the same orbitals.     

Vector analysing power and cross section for 90Zr(d, p)91Zr at 11 and 12 MeV

Angular distributions of the vector analysing power and the cross section were measured for ⁹⁰Zr($\text{d}$, p)⁹¹Zr. Measurements were made on two transitions at a deuteron energy of 11 MeV and on 20 transitions at 12 MeV. The observed j-dependence of the vector analysing power provided unambiguous spin assignments for most final states. Measurements of the cross section and vector analysing power were also made for deuteron elastic scattering at 11 MeV in order to determine the potential parameters for DWBA calculations. The DWBA predictions are in good agreement with the measured (d, p) cross sections and in qualitative agreement with the analysing powers. Enriched targets.     

The d52 analog strength in 59Cu

Isobaric analog states of the strongest $\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ parent states in ⁵⁹Ni were investigated in the reaction ⁵⁸Ni + p. Proton spectroscopic factors were derived whose sum was found to be in good agreement with the sum of the parent strengths. The absolute transition probability of the E1 γ-decay populating the ⁵⁹Cu ground state was estimated and compared with single-particle predictions.