Study of Reaction Mechanisms Involved in theCa40(d, p)Ca41Reaction

Abstract
Excitation functions and angular distributions for the Ca40(d, p)Ca41 (ground state) reaction have been measured from 1.50-to 4.50-Mev bombarding energy. Strong resonance effects are observed in the excitation functions, indicating that at least 20% of the reaction proceeds through compound-nucleus formation. Angular distributions were measured at 7.5° intervals between 0° and 157.5° in the laboratory system. Although these show strong fluctuations over resonances, a general forward peaking is apparent throughout the energy region studied.