Configuration efficiency for deuteron breakup reaction investigation

The elastic scattering and deuteron breakup data were collected in the experiment performed at KVI with the use of unpolarized deuteron beam of 80 MeV per nucleon, impinging on hydrogen target. The aim of the analysis is to obtain absolute values of the differential cross section for deuteron breakup reaction. Precise determination of the detection efficiency is indispensable for that purpose. This report explains the efficiency correction introduced to account for the detector granulation and geometry

Few-nucleon system dynamics studied via deuteron-deuteron collisions at 160 MeV

Four nucleon scattering at intermediate energies provides unique opportunities to study effects of the two key ingredients of the nuclear dynamics, the nucleon-nucleon P-wave (NNP-wave) and the three-nucleon force (3NF). This is possible only with systematic and precise data, in conjunction with exact theoretical calculations. Using the BINA detector at KVI Groningen, the Netherlands, a rich set of differential cross section of the 2H(d, dp)n breakup reaction at 160 MeV deuteron beam energy has been measured. Besides the three-body breakup, also cross sections of the 2H(d, 3He)n proton transfer reaction have been obtained. The data are compared to the recent calculations for the three-cluster breakup

Current stage of studies of the star configurations at intermediate energies with the use of the BINA detector

The Space Star Anomaly in proton-deuteron breakup cross-section occurs at energies of about 10 MeV. Data for higher energies are sparse. Therefore, a systematic scan over star configurations in the range of intermediate energies between 50 and 100 MeV/nucleon is carried out on the basis of data collected with the large acceptance BINA detector. The preliminary cross section results for forward star configurations at 80 MeV/nucleon slightly surpass the theoretical calculations, but the systematic uncertainties are still under study. Also, a new variable describing rotation of star configurations is proposed

Determination of phase space region for cross-check validation of the neutron detection in the BINA experiments

Deuteron breakup reactions are basic laboratories for testing nuclear force models. Recent improvements in the data analysis allow for direct identification of neutrons in the BINA detection setup. This opens up the opportunity to study new aspects of few-nucleon system dynamics like charge dependence of nuclear force or Coulomb interaction. In this paper we determine regions along the kinematical curves where differential cross section of deuteron-proton breakup reactions can be measured by the proton-neutron and proton-proton coincidences simultaneously. This is particularly useful for validation of the neutron detection technique

Isospin decomposition of the basic double-pionic fusion in the region ofthe ABC effect

Exclusive and kinematically complete high-statistics measurements of the basic double-pionic fusion reactions $pn\rightarrow d\pi ^{0}\pi ^{0}, pn\rightarrow d\pi ^{+}\pi ^{-}$ and $pp\rightarrow d\pi ^{+}\pi ^{0}$ have been carried out simultaneously over the energy region of the ABC effect using the WASA detector setup at COSY. Whereas the isoscalar reaction part given by the $d\pi ^{0}\pi ^{0}$ channel exhibits the ABC effect, i.e. a low-mass enhancement in the $\pi \pi$ - invariant mass distribution, as well as the associated resonance structure in the total cross section, the isovector part given by the $d\pi ^{+}\pi ^{-}$ channel shows a smooth behavior consistent with the conventional t -channel $\Delta \Delta$ process. The $d\pi^{+}\pi ^{-}$ data are very well reproduced by combining the data for isovector and isoscalar contributions, if the kinematical consequences of the isospin violation due to different masses for charged and neutral pions are taken into account