ELASTIC ELECTRON DEUTERON SCATTERING AND POSSIBLE MESON-EXCHANGE EFFECTS,

Abstract

Data on elastic electron-deuteron scattering is obtained using a two-spectrometer coincidence-detection technique. Preliminary analysis of the data has been compared with an impulse approximation theory and has enabled the investigation of possible meson-exchange and/or relativistic effects. The measurements were made using a 1.2 cm thick liquid deuterium target and two 180 degree N=1/2, double-focusing magnetic spectrometers. Deuterons were deflected by a 72-inch, 100 MeV/c spectrometer and detected by a six-channel ladder of plastic scintillators. Electrons were deflected by a 36-inch, 550 MeV/c spectrometer and detected by a similar five-channel ladder with a liquid Cerenkov backing counter. The solid angle was defined by the 36-inch spectrometer. By demanding a coincidence between counts from each spectrometer, background events from competing inelastic processes were eliminated. De3ayed accidental coincidence rates were monitored. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0468909

Entities

People

  • C. D. Buchanan
  • M. R. Hearian

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Counters
  • Detection
  • Deuterium
  • Deuterons
  • Electrons
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Scattering
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Spectrometers
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Target Discrimination

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics