Differential Cross-Section Measurements for the Scattering of Protons by Deuterons

Abstract

The differential cross section for protons elastically scattered by an incident deuteron beam has been measured in the energy range 0.96 Mev to 3.22 Mev. This corresponds to an extension of previous $p-d$ scattering data down to an energy of 0.48 Mev incident proton energy. The angular range in the c.m. system of coordinates is from 67° to 126° with the cross section showing characteristic minima in the neighborhood of 90° at each energy considered. Values of the cross section vary from 0.147 to 0.280×${10}^{-24\mathrm{}}$ ${\mathrm{cm}}^2$ over this range of parameters.