Deuteron-carbon elastic scattering is studied within the framework of the Glauber approximation. The full Glauber multiple scattering series is evaluated with simplified nuclear wave functions. An approximation in which deuteron-nucleus scattering is expressed in terms of nucleon-nucleus scattering amplitudes is shown to be accurate for small momentum transfers. The effects of the Coulomb field and the deuteron $D$ state are investigated. The impressive fit to the 650 MeV $d$-${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}$ elastic scattering data, obtained in a recent calculation, is shown to be due to additional approximations made in that analysis.

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}(d, d)$, $E=650\mathrm{}$ MeV; calculated $\sigma (E, \theta )$ and ${\sigma }_T\mathrm{}\left(E\right)\mathrm{}$, compared with measurements.

• Received 8 October 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.15.813