CROSS-SECTION AND DEUTERON ANALYZING POWERS OF THE H-1(D,2P)N REACTION AT 200 AND 350 MEV

The cross section and analysing powers A(y), A(xx) and A(yy) of the ch arge-exchange reaction H-1(d over arrow pointing right, 2p)n have been measured at E(d) = 200 and 350 MeV up to excitation energies (E(x)) o f 8 MeV in the final pp system. The good agreement observed between th e experimental dependence of the cross section and analysing powers up on E(x) and the predictions of an impulse approximation calculation im proves with increasing beam energy. The large experimental figures of merit found for A(xx) and A(yy) demonstrate that this reaction can be used as the basis of a new deuteron tensor polarimeter in the 200-400 MeV energy range.