Full determination of transition matrix elements in the $\vec{d} (\vec{p},pp)n$ reaction

Abstract

It is shown that in the $d(p,pp)n$ reaction with a colinear geometry and the two outgoing protons in a singlet state, the only two independent T-matrix elements can be determined from spin correlation experiments. These matrix elements are strongly dependent on the deuteron helicity amplitudes, which are expected to vanish for $1.4fm^{-1}<p<1.7fm^{-1}$.\vspace{10 mm}\\