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Scattering of Polarized Neutrons by Heavy Nuclei
Phys. Rev. 99, 55 – Published 1 July, 1955
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.99.55
Abstract
The polarization of neutrons emitted at a laboratory angle of 50° was measured as a function of proton energy from 2.21 to 2.40 Mev. Analysis of the polarization of the neutrons was performed by measuring the left-right asymmetry in scattering by oxygen. To determine more accurately the polarization produced in scattering by oxygen, the total cross section and angular distribution of scattered neutrons were remeasured.
Measurements of the polarization of neutrons produced in the scattering by intermediate and heavy nuclei have been continued. The results were compared with polarizations calculated by assuming the complex square-well model proposed by Feshbach, Porter, and Weisskopf and modified by the addition of a spin-orbit interaction.
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