Polarization of nucleons in the deuteron stripping reaction on nuclei

TL;DR

This paper derives an analytical expression for nucleon polarization in deuteron stripping reactions at intermediate energies, using realistic nuclear models and Glauber formalism, and compares results with experimental data.

Contribution

It provides a new analytical formula for nucleon polarization in deuteron stripping reactions incorporating realistic nuclear densities and wave functions.

Findings

Calculated angular dependencies of analyzing power $A_{y}$ agree with experimental data.

Used Glauber formalism with double folding potential for phase shifts.

Demonstrated the model's effectiveness at intermediate energies.

Abstract

A general analytical expression has been obtained in the diffraction approximation for the polarization of nucleons arising in the deuteron stripping reaction on nuclei at intermediate energies of the incident particles. A tabulated density distribution of the target nucleus and a realistic wave function of the deuteron with correct asymptotic limits at large internucleon distances were used in the calculations. The nucleon-nucleus phase shifts were calculated in the Glauber formalism using the double folding potential. The calculated angular dependencies for the vector analyzing power $A_{y}$ of the reaction $^{3}\text{He}(\vec{d},p)^{4}\text{He}$ are found to be in satisfactory agreement with the corresponding experimental data.