Angular distribution measurements of C-12(d,p)C-13 reaction below 350 keV deuteron energies using nuclear track detectors

Angular distribution of C-12(d,p)C-13 reaction were measured at 13 angles f or 223, 308 and 332 keV deuteron energies using nuclear track detectors (NT Ds). The measurements were carried out over 25 to 164 degree angles in 10 d egree steps using scattering chamber of 80 degrees beam line of the 350 kV accelerator. In each run, a semiconductor surface barrier (SSB) monitor det ector, masked by thin mylar foil, was placed at +164 degree and was used fo r flux and target thickness normalization between two runs of each angular distribution. In order to check the performance of the NTDs, angular distri bution measurement was also repeated at 250 keV deuteron energy at which da ta had already been taken with surface barrier detectors. The angular distr ibution measured by NTDs was found comparable with measurements carried out using SSB detectors which indicate the possibility of using NTDs instead o f expensive SSB detectors. The angular distributions of C-12(d,p)C-13 react ion at 223, 250,308, and 322 keV deuteron energies are backward peaked simi lar to those measured using SSB detectors. Within the experimental uncertai nties, the detection efficiency of PM-355 NTDs for the protons from the C-1 2(d,p)C-13 reaction for the -164 degree angle was found to be almost 100%.