Measurements of 3H(p, [formula omitted]) 3He neutron polarizations for Ep = 1.5 to 5.0 MeV

Abstract

Using neutron time-of-flight techniques and a liquid-helium polarization analyzer, eleven neutron polarizaton angular distributions ( P( θ)) have been measured for 3H(p, n ) 3He for proton energies from 1.50 to 5.00 MeV. Using Legendre polynominal expansions of σ(θ) and P( θ) σ( θ), values of P( θ) and P 2( θ) σ( θ) were calculated, and a contour map of P( θ) was produced for the energy range 1.5 to 5.0 MeV.