Polarization of nucleons in the deuteron stripping reaction on nuclei

Abstract

A general analytical expression has been obtained in the diffraction approximation for the polarization of nucleons arising in the deuteron stripping reaction on nuclei at intermediate energies of the incident particles. A tabulated density distribution of the target nucleus and a realistic wave function of the deuteron with correct asymptotic limits at large internucleon distances were used in the calculations. The nucleon-nucleus phase shifts were calculated in the Glauber formalism using the double folding potential. The calculated angular dependencies for the vector analyzing power $A_{y}$ of the reaction $^{3}\text{He}(\vec{d},p)^{4}\text{He}$ are found to be in satisfactory agreement with the corresponding experimental data.