An Approximate Wave-Mechanical Description of Deuteron Stripping

Abstract

An approximate wave function describing the deuteron stripping process is set up in a fashion similar to that introduced by S. T. Butler. This wave function is made to fit boundary conditions at the surface of the nucleus for the stripped-off particle. Thus the parameters characterizing the nucleus that enter this description are similar to those familiar from the theory of single-particle nuclear reactions. The cross section for the stripping process is calculated from the wave function by a method that gives the cross section for stripping by virtual levels as well as that for stripping by bound levels. Some discussion is devoted to the Coulomb effect.