Energy Dependence of Quasifree Scattering in Deuteron Breakup under <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>α</mi></math></span>-Particle Bombardment from 30 to 80 MeV

R. G. Allas; D. I. Bonbright; R. O. Bondelid; E. L. Petersen; A. G. Pieper; R. B. Theus

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.569

Energy Dependence of Quasifree Scattering in Deuteron Breakup under $α$ -Particle Bombardment from 30 to 80 MeV

R. G. Allas, D. I. Bonbright, R. O. Bondelid, E. L. Petersen, A. G. Pieper, and R. B. Theus

Phys. Rev. Lett. 28, 569 – Published 28 February 1972

Abstract

$α$ -particle-induced quasifree scattering in deuteron breakup exhibits no difference between kinematically equivalent $α - p$ and $α - n$ channels, in contrast to previously measured proton-induced breakup. This supports the hypothesis that spin and statistics play a dominant role in deuteron breakup reactions and that previously postulated charge and final-state effects cannot explain the proton data.