Study of the ⁶³Cu($\text{d}$, n)⁶⁴Zn and ⁶⁵Cu($\text{d}$, n)⁶⁶Zn reactions

Abstract

The ^{63, 65}Cu(d, n)^{64, 66}Zn reactions have been studied with an 8 MeV, pulsed, vector polarized deuteron beam. Angular distributions of the relative cross section and vector analyzing power have been measured for transitions to the ground and first excited states in ⁶⁴Zn and ⁶⁶Zn. Distorted-wave calculations are in reasonable agreement with the measurements for the j_p^π = $\text{3}\text{2}$⁻ ground state transitions. For the transitions to the J^π = 2⁺ first excited states a comparison of the distorted-wave calculations with the cross section and vector analyzing power shows that these transitions are dominated by l_p = 1 and j_p = $\text{3}\text{2}$, respectively.