ELASTIC SCATTERING OF 3.1-Mev POLARIZED NEUTRONS

S>By using a partially polarized neutron beam from the a number of elements has been observed. For Be and C scatterers, the angular dependence of the polarization can be correlated with parameters characterizing compoundnucleus levels excited by the incident neutrons. For medium and heavy scattering nuclei, the observed polarization is in poor agreement with the few existing optical- model calculations for 3.l-Mev neutrons. With the exception of Pb, all medium and heavy elements studied yielded positive polarization in the 30 deg --60 deg range of scattering angles, i.e., they would produce polarization in the direction k/sub n/ x k/sub n/ single scattering events. (auth)