Published March 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of the spin-flip probability for the 12C(rvec d,rvec d')12C(12.7 MeV) reaction with a tensor polarimeter

  • 1. CEA-DSM/SPhN C.E. Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 2. University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (United States)
  • 3. Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules CNRS Institut de Physique Nucleaire, F-91400 Orsay (France)
  • 4. DSM-CEA Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules CNRS, Laboratoire National Saturne, C. E. Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 5. Rutgers University, Box 849, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 (United States)
  • 6. Institut des Sciences Nucleaires, Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules UJF, F-38026 Grenoble Cedex (France)

Description

We report on the first measurement of tensor polarization transfer coefficients for the excitation of the 12.7 MeV 1+ state of 12C by (rvec d,rvec d) inelastic scattering at 393 MeV. The experiment has been performed at Saturne with a tensor polarimeter. The data have allowed the determination of the spin-flip probability S1, found to be in good agreement with the approximate signature Sdy determined previously with a vector polarimeter. The relationships between measured polarizations and analyzing powers are discussed

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1562-1565.
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN