Tensor polarization and reactions of deuterons on ¹⁶O at bombarding energies of 4.4 to 8.4 MeV

The spin tensor moments 〈T₂₀〉, 〈T₂₁〉 and 〈T₂₂〉 of deuterons from ¹⁶O-d elastic scattering have been measured as a function of angle at an average deuteron bombarding energy of 6.34 MeV using the ³He(d, p)⁴He reaction as an analyser. Absolute cross sections for the reactions ¹⁶O(d, d)¹⁶O, ¹⁶O(d, p)¹⁷O (ground state and 0.871 MeV state) and ¹⁶O(d, α)¹⁴N (ground state) have been obtained as a function of angle at 5.755, 6.260 and 6.765 MeV and as a function of energy between 4.385 and 8.430 MeV for several angles. An analysis of these measurements has been performed using the optical model and the distorted-wave and Hauser-Feshbach theories.