Elastic proton scattering fromHe3andHe4and theHe4(p,d)He3reaction at 85 MeV

Abstract
Differential cross sections for the elastic scattering of protons by He3 and He4, and for the He4(p,d)He3 reaction were measured at an incident energy of 85 MeV. The elastic scattering cross sections have been compared with phenomenological optical model calculations which yield good fits to the experimental data, provided that a Majorana exchange term is included in the optical potential. The He4(p,d)He3 data show qualitative agreement with distorted-wave Born-approximation calculations. In addition the experimental data are compared to resonating group theory calculations; one channel calculations for the elastic scattering, and two channel calculations for the He4(p,d)He3 reaction. These resonating group calculations are in qualitative agreement, and generally reproduce the important features of the experimental data.