Elastic Scattering of Deuterons byN14from 700 to 2100 keV

Abstract
The elastic scattering of deuterons by N14 has been investigated over a laboratory energy range from 700 to 2100 keV. Excitation curves were measured for center-of-mass angles of 90.0, 125.3, 140.8, and 166.5 degrees. Angular distributions from 20 to 165 deg in the center-of-mass system were taken at 200-keV intervals over the entire energy range. Attempts to fit the data with a two-level compound-nucleus scheme were not successful, while optical-model calculations appeared to give a good fit over the entire energy range.