Distorted-Wave Theory of Deuteron Breakup

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Abstract
Deuteron-breakup coincidence cross sections are calculated in the prior-interaction formulation of distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA); both nuclear and Coulomb interactions are included. The results disagree with experiment. This is attributed to incorrect treatment of Coulomb distortion in the prior form of the outgoing wave function. Nuclear contributions to breakup are found to be as important as Coulomb contributions. Numerical procedures are developed that can also be used to include Coulomb excitation in DWBA calculations of inelastic scattering.