Cross Section of Transfer Reactions in $d+d$ Collisions at the Deuteron Beam Energy of 160 MeV

Abstract

In this paper, we report on the 2 H(d, 3 He)n differential cross section, which was measured at the energy of 160 MeV. The data were collected at the KVI Groningen with the use of the BINA detector. The crucial steps of the data analysis are outlined. The results are presented in comparison to the existing world data set.

Investigation of the cross section for dd elastic scattering and dd→nHe3

“…After introducing PID into the analysis, the energy calibration was performed for each type of particles. The proton energy calibration was based on elastically-scattered protons registered in dedicated measurements utilizing energy degraders of a few precisely controlled thicknesses and compared to GEANT4 simulations [42,43]. Then, the position dependent information on average proton energy losses (E p dep ) was used to obtain the proton energy at the reaction point (E p T ).…”

“…Due to different scintillation light output for protons and heavier particles (deuterons and 3 He-ions), additional corrections have been applied in order to obtain energy deposited in the thick E-scintillator (E 3 He dep ). To calculate the energy of 3 He/deuterons at the reaction point, the energy losses of 3 He/deuterons on the way from the target point to the E-detector were calculated based on the known relation E p T (E p dep ) for protons [43]. Finally, the accuracy of the calibration was tested by checking how well the kinematical relation between the energy and the polar angle of 3 He-ions is reconstructed, see Fig.…”