Neutron-Deuteron Polarization at 22.7 MeV

Abstract

A measurement of the neutron-deuteron polarization function has been made at $E_N=22.7\mathrm{}$ MeV over the angular range 44.5° to 158.8° c.m. Neutrons with polarization approximately 0.5 were obtained from the $\mathrm{T}\mathrm{}(d,n)\mathrm{}{}_{}{}^4{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{He}$ reaction at a deuteron energy of 6.6 MeV and a lab angle of 30°. Comparison is made to existing neutron data at 23.7 MeV and to proton data at 22 MeV. Agreement with the latter is good except near 130° c.m. where the value given here falls low. Theoretical comparisons do not exist in the energy range of this experiment.