P.A. Wallace

Two-body photodisintegration of the deuteron from 100 to 800 MeV

Abstract The total and the differential cross sections for the D(γ,p)n reaction have been measured over the photon energy range 100-800 MeV at the 855 MeV MAMI Microtron in Mainz. Using the large acceptance detector DAPHNE in conjunction with the Glasgow tagging spectrometer, high precision results with small systematic errors were obtained. The data are presented in the form of thirty-five angular distributions at c.m. proton angles between 30°–160° in 10° intervals and at photon energies in steps of 20 MeV. Previous experimental work is reassessed in the light of the present results and comparison with some recent theoretical calculations.

( gamma,2N) reaction in 12C.

The {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pn}) and {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pp}) reactions have been measured for photon energies between 80 and 157 MeV using a photon tagging spectrometer and plastic scintillator detectors. The overall energy resolution was {similar_to}7 MeV, sufficient to determine the initial shells of the emitted nucleons. Corrections were made for solid angle and threshold effects by means of Monte Carlo simulations. For the ({gamma},{ital pn}) reaction both the missing energy and recoil momentum distributions are largely consistent with a two-nucleon absorption process on {ital p}-shell an {ital sp} nucleon pairs. For the much smaller {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pp}) cross section the reaction mechanism is not yet understood but the recoil momentum distributions suggest that final state interactions are not dominant.

A large solid angle detector for medium energy charged particles

A charged particle detector with 0.7 sr solid angular acceptance has been built, principally to detect protons in the energy range 25–150 MeV in experiments with tagged photon beams. The detector consists of a three element ΔE1−ΔE2−E plastic scintillator telescope. Position information is obtained from the time difference between signals from the two ends of each scintillator. The design of the detector and tests of its performance are described. An energy resolution of 2.8 MeV fwhm at 60 MeV proton energy, and a two-dimensional position resolution of 24 mm × 41 mm fwhm has been obtained. Successful operation in the tagged photon environment is demonstrated.

Differential cross section for the reaction 2H(γ, p)n from 133 to 158 MeV

The cross section for the reaction 2H(γ, p)n has been measured at laboratory photon energies Eγ = 133−158 MeV and c.m. angles between 30° and 150°. The reaction was induced by a tagged bremsstrahlung photon beam incident on a liquid deuterium target. The uncertainty in the absolute cross sections is ⩽ 5%. There is now reasonable agreement between recent measurements in this energy region and the overall data set now defines the cross section sufficiently well to provide a test of current models of the reaction.

A tagged photon spectrometer for the mainz 180 MeV microtron

A photon tagging system has been installed on the 180 MeV electron microtron at the Institut fuer Kernphysik in Mainz for use in experiments on photonuclear reactions at intermediate energies. The system enables Bremsstrahlung produced photons in the energy range 80-174 MeV to be tagged at rates up to 5x107s-l with an overall efficiency of around 60-65%.

(γ,2N) reaction in 12 C

The {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pn}) and {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pp}) reactions have been measured for photon energies between 80 and 157 MeV using a photon tagging spectrometer and plastic scintillator detectors. The overall energy resolution was {similar_to}7 MeV, sufficient to determine the initial shells of the emitted nucleons. Corrections were made for solid angle and threshold effects by means of Monte Carlo simulations. For the ({gamma},{ital pn}) reaction both the missing energy and recoil momentum distributions are largely consistent with a two-nucleon absorption process on {ital p}-shell an {ital sp} nucleon pairs. For the much smaller {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pp}) cross section the reaction mechanism is not yet understood but the recoil momentum distributions suggest that final state interactions are not dominant.

({gamma},2{ital N}) reaction in {sup 12}C

The {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pn}) and {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pp}) reactions have been measured for photon energies between 80 and 157 MeV using a photon tagging spectrometer and plastic scintillator detectors. The overall energy resolution was {similar_to}7 MeV, sufficient to determine the initial shells of the emitted nucleons. Corrections were made for solid angle and threshold effects by means of Monte Carlo simulations. For the ({gamma},{ital pn}) reaction both the missing energy and recoil momentum distributions are largely consistent with a two-nucleon absorption process on {ital p}-shell an {ital sp} nucleon pairs. For the much smaller {sup 12}{ital C}({gamma},{ital pp}) cross section the reaction mechanism is not yet understood but the recoil momentum distributions suggest that final state interactions are not dominant.