Studies of nuclear collisions involving 8 MeV deuterons by the photographic method III. Angular distribution of the charged particles produced by the bombardment of hydrogen and deuterium

Abstract

Apparatus previously described has been used to study the angular distribution of the charged particles from nuclear processes initiated by 8 MeV deuterons. The experimental technique and the method of obtaining relative values of the yield at different angles in the centre-of-mass system are described. Results of measurements on the elastic collision of deuterons with protons are given, together with an account of the method for obtaining absolute values of cross-sections from the relative values, using the known cross-section for this process measured by other experimenters. Angular distributions obtained for deuterons elastically scattered by deuterons, and for protons from the reaction 2 H ( d , p ) 3 H, are produced, and their interpretation discussed.