Breakup of Deuterons by Protons

Abstract

Results are given for the neutron spectra at zero degrees from the reaction $p+d\ensuremath{\rightarrow}2p+n$ for a range of incident proton energies from ${E}_{p}=4.0$ to ${E}_{p}=7.0$ Mev. Also given are the spectra as a function of angle for ${E}_{p}=6.5$ Mev. The observed shapes show systematic discrepancies from those given by the theory of Frank and Gammel; these discrepancies increase with increasing proton energy although the reaction yield is accurately given by the theory.