Polarization transfer coefficients for 3He(p,p)3He elastic scattering below 11 MeV

The polarization transfer coefficients Ksub(x)sup(x'), Ksub(Z)sup(x'), and Ksub(y)sup(y') for 3He(p,p) elastic scattering (Wolfenstein parameters R, A, and D) were measured at incident energies of 6.82, 8.82 and 10.77 MeV at up to four angles. Polarized protons scattered by a liquid nitrogen cooled 3He cell were focussed by a magnetic quadrupole lens into a high pressure polarimeter filled with 4He. The measured values compared satisfactorily with values calculated from previously determined phase shifts, from an R-matrix analysis of p-3He scattering and from microscopic calculations based on an approximate nucleon-nucleon potential. (Auth.)