Studies of nuclear collisions involving 8 MeV deuterons by the photographic method - IV. Angular distributions of the particles produced by the bombardment of helium and oxygen

An experimental technique described previously has been used to study the angular distributions of the products of nuclear processes occurring when helium and oxygen are bombarded by 8 MeV deuterons. Results on the elastic scattering of deuterons by helium and oxygen nuclei, and on the reactions 4He (d,p) 5He and 16O (d,p)17O, are presented and discussed. The results for the two groups of protons from the latter reaction allow it to be established that the ground state of 17O has spin 5/2 or 3/2 and even parity, while the 0·88 MeV excited state has spin ½ and even parity.