Study of the reactions 118Sn(d(pol),t) and 98Mo(d(pol),t). II

Measurements of the vector analyzing power at Esub(d)=12.0 MeV for lsub(n)=0 transitions in 118Sn(d(pol),t)117Sn and 98Mo(d(pol),t)97Mo are examined. A DWBA analysis reveals that the (d(pol),t) analyzing powers are sensitive to the deuteron-nucleus, but not to the triton-nucleus spin-orbit interaction. For the ground-state transition 118Sn(d(pol),t0)117Sn, an unexpectedly strong correlation is observed between the measured analyzing power and the logarithmic derivative with respect to angle of the measured differential cross section. The correlation is shown to arise in part because the radial wave functions corresponding to a given partial wave penetrate considerably further in the deuteron channel than in the near-Coulomb triton channel. Under the conditions responsible for this correlation, the radius parameter of the deuteron-nucleus spin-orbit potential can be estimated directly from the (d(pol),t) analyzing power measurements, in a manner independent of optical model analyses of deuteron elastic scattering. The origin of correlations between the lsub(n)=0 analyzing power and that for deuteron elastic scattering from the same target nucleus, and between the analyzing powers for the reactions 118Sn(d(pol),t0)117Sn and 117Sn(d(pol),p0)118Sn is investigated. (Auth.)