Repository logo
 

Photodisintegration of helium-4 into proton and triton

Date

1999-12-01

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

ORCID

Type

Degree Level

Masters

Abstract

The ⁴He(γ,pt) reaction has been measured at Eγ = 167 - 209 MeV, using the tagged bremsstrahlung photon beam of the Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory (SAL). Cross sections were obtained for the four centre-of-mass proton angles 87°, 104°, 120° and 137°. The experimental apparatus consisted of a liquid helium target and two arms of plastic scintillator ΔE-E detectors, arranged on opposite sides of the target. Coincident hits in both detector arms were required to generate a trigger. In order to quantify the low detection efficiency for tritons, the experiment was simulated by using the GEANT detector simulation system. The extracted cross sections were compared to previous measurements.

Description

Keywords

Citation

Degree

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Department

Physics and Engineering Physics

Program

Physics and Engineering Physics

Committee

Part Of

item.page.relation.ispartofseries

DOI

item.page.identifier.pmid

item.page.identifier.pmcid