Description of He4(d,d)He4 Polarization-Transfer Experiments

Gerald G. Ohlsen, J. L. Gammel, and P. W. Keaton, Jr.
Phys. Rev. C 5, 1205 – Published 1 April 1972
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Abstract

A convenient parametrization of experiments in which a polarized spin-1 particle bombards a target and a polarized spin-1 particle emerges is given. The parameters defined are a generalization of the "Wolfenstein parameters" long used in the description of spin-12 polarization-transfer experiments. A specific M matrix for a spin-0 target is used to find the relations between the various observables in several coordinate systems. The formalism is valid for the general 1 + 0 → 1′ + 0′ problem, where 1 and 1′ may indicate different spin-1 particles and 0 and 0′ may indicate different spin-0 particles, but where the product of initial channel and final channel parities is unchanged. The constraints imposed by time-reversal invariance when the reaction is specialized to elastic scattering are discussed. The prospects for a complete determination of the M matrix and for possible time-reversal tests are briefly touched upon.

  • Received 15 December 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.5.1205

©1972 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Gerald G. Ohlsen, J. L. Gammel, and P. W. Keaton, Jr.

  • Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544

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Vol. 5, Iss. 4 — April 1972

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