Angular distribution measurements of¹²C(d,p)¹³C reaction below 350 keV deuteron energies using nuclear track detectors

Angular distribution of ¹²C(d,p)¹³C reaction were measured at 13 angles for 223, 308 and 332 keV deuteron energies using nuclear track detectors (NTDs). The measurements were carried out over 25 to 164 degree angles in 10 degree steps using scattering chamber of 80° beam line of the 350 kV accelerator. In each run, a semiconductor surface barrier (SSB) monitor detector, masked by thin mylar foil, was placed at +164 degree and was used for flux and target thickness normalization between two runs of each angular distribution, In order to check the performance of the NTDs, angular distribution measurement was also repeated at 250 keV deuteron energy at which data had already been taken with surface barrier detectors. The angular distribution measured by NTDs was found comparable with measurements carried out using SSB detectors which indicate the possibility of using NTDs instead of expensive SSB detectors. The angular distributions of ¹²C(d,p)¹³C reaction at 223, 250, 308, and 322 keV deuteron energies are backward peaked similar to those measured using SSB detectors. Within the experimental uncertainties, the detection efficiency of PM-355 NTDs for the protons from the ¹²C(d,p)¹³C reaction for the -164 degree angle was found to be almost 100%.