Distribution in Angle of Protons from the Deuteron-Deuteron Reaction

Abstract

The distribution in angle of the protons from the deuteron-deuteron reaction has been measured with a gas target over a range of bombarding energy from 60 to 390 Kev. The results are representable by $N(\ensuremath{\theta})=1+A {cos}^{2}\ensuremath{\theta}$ in which $\ensuremath{\theta}$ is the angle which the proton's velocity makes with the direction of the deuteron beam as measured in the center-of-mass coordinate system and $N(\ensuremath{\theta})$ is the number observed per unit solid angle at $\ensuremath{\theta}$. The value of $A$ is found to be markedly dependent on bombarding energy.