Thick-TargetO16(d,n)F17Yield Curves

A thick-target method has been used to measure absolute differential cross sections for the reactions ${\mathrm{O}}^{16}\mathrm{}(d,n)\mathrm{}{\mathrm{F}}^{17}$ and ${\mathrm{O}}^{16}\mathrm{}(d,n)\mathrm{}{\mathrm{F}}^{{17}^{*}}$ (0.500 MeV) from 2.0 to 4.2 MeV. Excitation functions were taken at 20° intervals from 0-160° in the lab system. Satisfactory fits to the angular distributions required Legendre polynomials of order 6 or higher. The c.m. Legendre coefficients $A_0$ and $A_1$ are presented as a function of lab deuteron energy for the ground-state data. The total cross sections for production of ground-state and first-excited-state neutrons are also given as a function of energy.