The polarization-transfer observables $D_{\mathrm{NN}}$, $D_{\mathrm{SS}}$, $D_{\mathrm{LL}}$, ${\mathrm{D}}_{\mathrm{LS}}$, and $D_{\mathrm{SL}}$ have been measured at 800 MeV for polarized proton inelastic scattering from ${}_{}{}^1{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}$, ${}_{}{}^2{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}$, and ${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}$ with energy losses up to about 400 MeV. The scattering angles in the laboratory were 5°, 11°, and 20°. No large differences between the observables for the three targets were seen. The data for ${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}$ in the quasielastic region are reasonably well explained by nonrelativistic and relativistic models of one-step quasifree scattering. Specifically nuclear effects appear small in both the quasielastic and delta regions.

• Received 20 April 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.38.2193