Vector analyzing power and cross section for (d(pol),p) reactions on 53Cr, 57Fe, 117Sn, and 119Sn

Angular distributions of the vector analyzing power and the absolute cross section were measured for (d(pol),p) reactions on the odd-A nuclei 53Cr and 57Fe at a deuteron energy of 10 MeV and on 117Sn and 119Sn at 12 MeV. It is shown that the separate cross section contributions for the different allowed total angular momenta jsub(n) of the captured neutron can be determined from the measurements. For transitions which are dominated by a single value of jsub(n) the measurements are compared with distorted-wave Born approximation calculations. The energies of the 2psub(3/2) and 2psub(1/2) neutron single-particle states in 54Cr and 58Fe were determined, and the strength of the nuclear spin-orbit interaction was calculated. The vector analyzing power and the cross section were also measured for deuteron elastic scattering from each target nucleus in order to determine optical-model parameters for the DWBA calculations. (Auth.)