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INTRODUCTION EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE AND RESULTS
The d + t → d + d + n reaction has been studied in The inclusive spectra of deuterons were measured
t(d,dd)n correlation experiments, to which relatively using tritium–titanium (tTi) and titanium (Ti) targets
few works have been devoted [1–11]. The experimen in the particle emission angular range of 15° ≤ θd ≤ 52°
tal data were analyzed in the momentum approxima at an incident deuteron energy of 36.9 MeV. The t–Ti
tion of plane and distorted waves. The satisfactory target used in the experiments was a titanium film 4.9
agreement between the calculations and the experi mg cm–2 thick, saturated with tritium to an activity of
ments testifies to the dominant role of quasifree pro 7.57 Ci. The particle registration threshold was
cesses in the d + t → d + d + n reaction. ~5 MeV. The experimental setup and the measure
Deuterons can appear in the output channel of the ment technique were described in [12–14]. The statis
reaction not only during the scattering of the incident tical error of the reaction product measurements was
deuteron on a target nucleus fragment, but during the within 3–5%, depending on the particle detection
breakup reaction and subsequent decay of the angle.
4Н*(d + 2n) and 4Не*(d + d) resonances as well.
The spectra of deuterons corresponding to the
Investigation of the inclusive spectra over a wide d + t → d + d + n reaction were obtained by subtracting
range of angles not only allows us to determine the the spectra measured on a Ti target from those mea
probability of the above processes (corresponding to sured at a t–Ti target. Since a t–Ti target always has an
this mechanism) occurring, but also makes it easier admixture of hydrogen, the peaks corresponding to
to select the optimum conditions for staging correla elastic scattering of deuterons at hydrogen at the
tion experiments. angles θ ≤ 30° were approximated by a Gaussian func
In this work, the inclusive spectra of deuterons tion and subtracted from the spectra. The obtained
from the d + t → d + d + n reaction were analyzed using spectra of deuterons inelastically scattered at angles of
a microscopic nuclear diffraction model. The collision 15°, 20°, 30°, and 35° are shown in Fig. 1.
of such fewnucleon nuclei as a deuteron and a triton
The spectrum of deuterons from the d + t → d + d + n
(where only five nucleons are involved in the interac
reaction measured at the angle θ = 15° is a narrow
tion) can be considered at the microscopic level using
maximum and differs noticeably from spectra mea
several model approximations. Our problem of a dt
sured at large angles. When angle θ ≥ 20° increased,
collision accompanied by triton breakup is one exam
only wide steep maxima are observed. No structural
ple of an approximate consideration of NNinterac
peculiarities were revealed in any of the measured
tion between all five nucleons in the case of a continu spectra.
ous spectrum of system energies.
Energy calibration was performed on the basis of spec
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tra measured on a carbon target [12, 13]. The deuteron
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3 3
2
C ( q, f ) = d ( )ρ1 d ( )r d ( ) s d ( ) R⊥Ψ *χ ( R⊥ ) φ*f (ρ1 ) φ*d ( r ) φ*d ( s ) Ω14Ω15Ω 24Ω 25Ω34Ω35φ t (ρ1r ) φ d ( s ) .
∫ ∫ ∫ ∫
3
(1)
'
Here, q = kd − kd (where kd and kd are the momenta teron formed with momentum kd , while
' '
of the incident and scattered deuterons) is the trans χ = −q ( = c = 1) .
ferred momentum (in our diffraction approximation,
The matrix Ω ij of the jth deuteron nucleon (j = 4, 5)
q is a twodimensional vector perpendicular to
with vector radius r j scattering on the ith triton
momentum kd, in whose direction we select the Z
nucleon (i = 1, 2, 3) with vector radius ri was chosen as
axis); f = 2 kn − 1 k d = 2 q − kd is the relative momen follows [16, 17]:
3 3 3 2 2
tum of a neutron formed with momentum k n and a deu Ωij ≡ 1 − ωij = 1 − a exp −b ρij , ( ) (2)
where ωij is the profile interaction function of the jth dσ/dΩ, mb sr–1
nucleon of the incident deuteron and the ith nucleon 225
of the target triton, while ρ ij is a component of the vec
tor rij = ri − r j perpendicular to kd . 150
1
Amplitude (1) is expressed through internal wave
functions of triton φ t (ρ1,r ) and incident and scattered 75
deuterons φd ( s ) and φd ( s ) formed during the splitting
' 2
of a deuteron triton φ d ( r ) and the relative motion of the
0 20 40 60
latter and a triton neutron φ f (ρ1 ) . The wave functions θ° (c.m.), deg
depend on the relative vector radii (Jacoby variables):
r + r
ρ1 = r 1 − 2 3 , r = r2 − r3, s = r4 − r5, (3) Fig. 3. Comparison of theoretical (curves) and experimen
2
tal (dots) angular distributions of deuterons from for the
d + t → d + d + n reaction at an initial deuteron tempera
and R⊥ is the kdperpendicular component of the vec ture of 36.9 MeV. For designations, see Fig. 2.
tor connecting the centers of gravity of colliding
nuclei. The wave function of their relative motion in
the plane perpendicular to kd depends on R⊥ [15]: functions φ d ( r ) and φd ( s ) in (1) have the same form
'
as in (6). In addition, since the particle emission
Ψχ ( R⊥ ) = exp (iχR⊥ ) , χ = −q. (4) angles in our experiment were relatively narrow
The amplitude of reaction (1) is characterized by a (which also justifies our use of the diffraction approx
very high integration folding; to simplify its calcula imation), we calculate below the amplitude (1) and
tion, we used simple Gaussian dependences for the cross section of the d + t → d + d + n reaction using a
wave functions in Eq. (1) [16]: momentum approximation sufficiently accurate to
( )
describe our experiment.
φ t (ρ1, r ) = 3 3α2 exp ⎡−α 2 ρ12 + 3 r 2 ⎤ ,
34 3
π ⎣⎢ 4 ⎦⎥ (5)
−1 An Inclusive Process with the Detection
α = 0.375 фм ,
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of a KnockedOut Deuteron d
⎛ 2⎞
φ d ( s ) = ⎜ 2λ ⎟ ( ) −1
exp −λ s , λ = 0.267 fm , (6)
2 2
In our experiment, the energy distribution of not
⎝ π ⎠
separated scattered d' and deuterons d ejected from a
⎛ f2 ⎞
φ f (ρ1 ) = e if ρ1 − 8 exp ⎜ − 2 − α 2ρ12 ⎟ . (7) triton was measured for a number of emission angles.
⎝ 4α ⎠ The equation for the inclusive cross section of the
Functions (5) and (6) are normalized by unity, and d + t → d + d' + n process accompanied by formation
functions (5) and φ f (ρ1 ) φ d ( r ) are orthogonal (the and fixation of d only takes the form
E π 2π
d σ = M 2 ME E dE ' E ' d θ' sin θ' d φ' C q, f 2 δ T ,
d
d Ω ddE d 2π5
d d d d ∫ d d ∫ d ( ) Δ( )∫ (8)
0 0 0
⎛ 2⎞
δ Δ (T ) = 1 exp ⎜ − T 2 ⎟ , lim δ Δ (T ) = δ (T ) , Δ → 0, (9)
Δ π ⎝ Δ ⎠
( )
T = E d + ε dn + 3E d' + 3E d − 4 E d E d' cos θ'd − 4 E d E d cos θd + 4 E d E d' cos θd cos θ'd + sin θd sin θ'd cos φ'd , (10)
where εdn = 6.3 MeV is the energy of neutron sepa vectors kd⊥ and kd ⊥. In our experiment, the numer
'
ration from a deuteron in a triton. Here, θ'd , θd are ical value of energy ambiguity Δ in Eq. (10) was
approximately 1 MeV.
the angles between momenta kd , kd , and kd; and ϕ'd
' In the diffraction approximation, the amplitude
is the azimuth angle between vectors kd⊥ and kd ⊥,
' (i.e., C ( q, f ) ,) can be obtained in explicit form by
which are perpendicular to the kd component of using Eqs. (1)–(3) and wave functions (4)–(7):
( )
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16π7 4 6λ 2 a ⎡ q2 ⎛ 1 1 ⎞⎤ exp ⎛ − f z ⎞
2
C ( q, f ) = − exp − ⎜
⎢ 4⎝ 2 + ⎟⎥ ⎜ 2⎟
( ) b 8λ 2 ⎠⎦ ⎝ 4α ⎠
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b 2 4λ 2 + 3α 2 ⎣
⎧
(
⎛ 2 2⎞
⎜ f⊥ − 3 q ⎟ ) ⎫
( )
⎪ ⎛ q2 ⎞⎪
⎡⎛ 1 1 2 1 2 ⎞⎤
⎪exp ⎜ − ⎟ − exp ⎢⎜ − 2 f ⊥ + q ⎟⎥ + 2 exp ⎜ − ⎟⎪
⎪ ⎜⎜ 4α 2
⎟⎟ ⎣⎝ 2α 2 9 ⎠⎦ ⎜ 4 4λ + 3α 2
⎝
2
( ) ⎟⎪
⎠
(11)
⎪ ⎝ ⎠ ⎪
×⎨ ⎬.
⎪
⎪
⎡
⎢
× ⎢exp ⎜ −
(
⎛ 1 2⎞
⎜ f⊥ + 3 q ⎟ )
⎛ 1 1
⎟ − exp ⎜ − 2 f ⊥ + q ⎟⎥
2 2
⎤
⎞⎥
( )
⎪
⎪
⎪ 4α 2
⎝ 4α 18 ⎠⎥ ⎪
⎪ ⎢ ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ ⎪
⎩ ⎢
⎣ ⎝ ⎠ ⎥⎦ ⎭
The values of the interaction parameters a and b in where partial angular distributions are defined in the
Eqs. (2) and (11) were taken to be almost identical to usual manner:
those in [14, 16, 17]. Ed Ed
dσ = dσ ,
d σ = dE ' d σ . (15)
dΩd ∫ dE d
d Ω ddE d
d Ω 'd 0
d ∫
d Ω 'ddE d'
0
An Inclusive Process with the Detection We shall consider the details when we analyze the
of a d' Deuteron and Total Cross Sections obtained experimental data.
As is the case of Eq. (10), the equation for the
inclusive cross section of the d + t → d + d' + n process RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
when a triton is split but scattered deuteron d' is fixed Figure 2 shows the energy spectra of deuterons from
has the form the d + t → d + d + n reaction at energy Еd = 36.9 MeV
for four emission angles (θd = 15°(a), 20° (b), 30° (c),
and 35° (d)) and the corresponding results from their
d σ = M ME E '
2
d d theoretical interpretation in the form of our curves cal
d Ω'ddE d' 2π
5
culated using the equations given in Section 2.
Ed π 2π (12) Let us consider in detail the results from our exper
2 iments (Section 1) and the theoretical interpretation
∫ ∫
× dE d E d d θd sin θd ∫ d φd C ( q, f ) δ Δ (T ) .
for the d + t → d' + d + n process.
0 0 0
The obtained energy spectra in the d + t → d + d + n
Separate measurement of cross sections (8) and reaction are generally described well within a wide
(12) involves a number of experimental problems and range of variation in energy Ed of fixed deuterons, both
the total cross section was thus measured (with a in shape and in absolute value using only one diffrac
higher degree of reliability): tion approximation (the bold solid curves in Fig. 2).
This figure also shows the individually calculated con
dσ = dσ + dσ , (13)
tributions from scattered deuterons d' (curves 1 calcu
d Ω ddE d d Ω ddE d d Ω' dE ' lated on the basis of Eqs. (12) and (11)) and deuterons
d d
d formed during the splitting of tritons (curves 2 cal
where the detectors did not distinguish between d and culated on the basis of Eqs. (8)–(11)).
d' deuterons. In this case, the kinematic variables It can be seen from Fig. 2 that the main process
leading to the formation of deuterons in the output
Ed, θd in Eqs. (8)–(10) and Ed' , θ'd in Eq. (12) (over channel of the d + t → d + d + n reaction at the consid
which integration was not performed) were replaced ered energy is the diffraction splitting of a triton by an
by E d and θd , respectively. incident deuteron. In this case, the main contribution
to the cross section (as much as 70–90%) comes from
The total angular distribution of final deuterons in scattered deuterons d', while d deuterons from a triton
the d + t → d + d' + n reaction was determined in a can be observed well only at the spectra edges, at rather
similar manner: low and high energies.
Figure 3 shows the experimental (dots) and calcu
dσ = dσ + dσ , (14) lated (curves) angular distributions of the final deuter
d Ω d d Ω d d Ω' ons from the d + t → d' + d + n reaction, obtained by
d
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