Absolute total cross sections for deuteron photodisintegration between 7 and 19 MeV

Abstract

The total deuteron photodisintegration cross section has been determined in an alternative way, based on the absolute measurement of the 90\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} cross section and, to a lesser extent, the 0\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} and 180\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} cross sections. The accuracy of the deduced total cross sections amounts to 3%, including systematic errors. The agreement of our data with the results from recent theoretical calculations is very good.