Scattering of 220-Mev Polarized Protons by Complex Nuclei

Abstract

Extending earlier measurements, we have studied yields and asymmetries in the scattering of a highly polarized proton beam by Be 9 , C 12 , Al 27 , and Ca 40 . In the work on Be 9 and Al 27 , the beam was monochromatized through the use of a regenerative deflector; its mean energy on striking the targets was 219.6 Mev, and its standard deviation in energy (including the effect of short time fluctuations) was less than 1.1 Mev. With this technique, together with a refined procedure for the analysis of the distribution in range of scattered protons, we have been able to separate elastic from inelastic scattering in Be 9 at angles from 8° to 37.5°, and to estimate the inelastic scattering involving the excited state at 2.4 Mev. The separation of elastic scattering in Ca 40 could also be made, although the regenerator was not used. The results are compared with approximate calculations based on the optical model with or-L coupling; a potential is found such that, with variation of the nuclear radius alone, good fits are obtained to measurements on the four nuclei.

Measurement of the Recoil Proton Polarization in Elasticπ−pScattering atTπ=Bareyre1, Bricman2, Longo3 et al. 1965Phys. Rev. Lett.19130View full textAdd to dashboardCite

“…3, and compared with the values given by Hafner. 3 We have shown that our ^p polarization results are not affected by instrumental biases. However, some systematic error, due principally to the arbitrariness when interpolating in the table of the analyzing power of carbon, could still affect our results.…”

“…3 The test was made with incident protons of this energy using an experimental setup similar to that for the pion-proton measurement. The hydrogen target was replaced by a carbon plate 1.7 cm thick.…”

π−−pElastic Scattering at 310 MeV: Differential Cross Section and Recoil-Proton Polarization

“…Pi was calculated from data of Dickson and Salter, 15 Tyren et a/., 16 and Hafner. 17 The values of P 2 =e 2 /Pi quoted in Table VIII are the averaged values given in Foote. 2…”