Measurement of single and double spin-flip probabilities in inelastic deuteron scattering on 12C at 270 MeV

The deuteron single and double spin-flip probabilities, S-1 and S-2, have been measured for the C-12((d) over right arrow; (d) over right arrow') reaction at E-d = 270 MeV for an excitation energy range, between 4 and 24 MeV and a scattering angular range between Theta (lab) = 2.5 degrees and 7.5 degrees. The extracted S-1 exhibits characteristic values depending on the structure of the excited state. The S-2 is close to zero over the measured excitation energy range. The SFP angular distribution data for the 2(+) (4.44 MeV) and 1(+) (12.71 MeV) states are well described by the microscopic DWIA calculations. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science BN. All rights reserved.