Photodisintegration of deuterium determined from the electrodisintegration process

Abstract

The equivalent photon cross sections were extracted from deuteron electrodisintegration measurements over an energy range of 17 to 28 MeV. Proton angular distributions were measured at 12 photon energies and the total cross section determined with an experimental uncertainty of approximately ≲6%. The differential cross section at 90 ° c.m. was also measured. Satisfactory agreement is found between deuteron photodisintegration theory and our measurements. A comparison with other recent ($\gamma ,p$) cross section measurements is made.