Polarization Transfer in theH2(d,p)H3Reaction atθ=0∘

Measurements of the polarization transfer coefficients $K_{ y}^{y^{\prime }}$ and $K_{ \mathrm{yz}}^{x^{\prime }}$ for the ${}_{}{}^2{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}\mathrm{}(d,p)\mathrm{}{}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}$ reaction at an angle of 0° and for six incident deuteron energies from 6 to 15 MeV are reported. The experimental method used is independent of the knowledge of the analyzing tensor $A_{\mathrm{zz}}$ and of current integration. Our measurements of $K_{ y}^{y^{\prime }}$ agree well with the results of Simmons et al. for the mirror reaction ${}_{}{}^2{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}\mathrm{}(d,n)\mathrm{}{}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{He}$, supporting their conclusion that the outgoing-nucleon polarization is nearly constant over this energy range but less than that which is calculated for the nucleons in the incident deuterons.