<p>An experiment measuring the analyzing power A<sub>y</sub>(θ) for neutron–helium-3 (<italic>n</italic>-<super>3</super>He) elastic scattering over broad angular distributions for a range of incident neutron energies from 1.60 to 5.54 MeV has been conducted at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. These measurements represent an effort to resolve the long-standing discrepancy between experiment and theory in low-energy three-nucleon analyzing powers, through the evaluation of analyzing powers in the four-nucleon systems, which are expected to exhibit sensitivities not accessible with fewer nucleons. The present work is described in terms of the experimental setup and data reduction techniques; a comparison of the results with rigorous calculations using both nucleon-nucleon and, as recently has become available, three-nucleon potential models is presented. While a discrepancy between calculation and measurement was observed, at low energies substantially better agreement was achieved than in related measurements of the proton–helium-3 (<italic>p</italic>-<super>3</super>He) analyzing power, suggesting a sizeable dependence on isospin in the four-nucleon systems.</p> / Dissertation
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DUKE/oai:dukespace.lib.duke.edu:10161/5608 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Esterline, James |
| Contributors | Tornow, Werner |
| Source Sets | Duke University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
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