The N¹⁴(d, n)O¹⁵ Reaction in the Energy Range from 1.5- to 2.9-MeV

Abstract

The angular distributions of neutrons emitted from the N¹⁴(d, n)O¹⁵ reation were investigated by means of the neutron detector made of a thin plastic scintillator to eliminate the gamma ray background, at the deuteron energies of 1.53-, 1.72-, 1.96-, 2.24-, 2.54-, 2.65₅-, and 2.90-MeV.
The results were compared with the stripping theory including the heavy particle stripping, and qualitative agreements were obtained. The excitation curve of this reaction was also estimated and compared with those of the N¹⁴(d, p)N¹⁵ and N¹⁴(d, α)C¹² reactions. The excitation curves of the N¹⁴(d, n) and N¹⁴(d, p) reactions show similar resonance-like structures, while that of the N¹⁴(d, α) reaction shows somewhat different behavior.