Study of ¹⁶O(d, d)¹⁶O and ¹⁶O(d, p)¹⁷O using polarized deuterons

Cross sections and vector and tensor analysing powers have been measured for ¹⁶O(d, d)¹⁶O, ¹⁶O(d, p₀)¹⁷O and ¹⁶O(d, p₁)¹⁷O^* at bombarding energies of 9.3 and 13.3 MeV. For the elastic scattering, cross-section and vector-analysing-power data are reasonably well reproduced by optical-model calculations, but only rough qualitative agreement with the tensor analysing power is obtained. Some improvement in the agreement with the tensor-analysing-power data results if a tensor term T_R is included in the optical potential. A degree of correspondence with the (d, p₀) data at 9.3 MeV is achieved using DWBA calculations which take into account the D-state of the deuteron and the tensor potential T_R. For E_d = 13.3 MeV, the general features of all the (d, p₁) data except T₂₁ (θ) can be realized using only an 1 · s spin dependence in the optical potentials. Non-stripping mechanisms appear to be operative in the (d, p) reactions, particularly at the lower energy.