N14(d, n)O15 and N15(d, n)O16 Reactions

Abstract

Absolute cross sections for the ${\mathrm{N}}^{14}(d, n){\mathrm{O}}^{15}$ and ${\mathrm{N}}^{15}(d, n){\mathrm{O}}^{16}$ reactions have been measured at zero degrees to the incident deuteron beam from 0.6 to 5.3 Mev bombarding energy. Both excitation curves show strong resonance structure and have maximum cross sections of about 6 millibarns per steradian. Eight angular distributions were measured for the ${\mathrm{N}}^{15}(d, n){\mathrm{O}}^{16}$ reaction at points on and off maxima in the excitation curve. A good fit to the angular distributions is obtained by use of the exchange stripping theory of Owen and Madansky.