Measurements of the spin-correlation coefficients Cxx, Cyy and S for d-p scattering at Ed = 17.4, 19.5, 23.8 and 26.1 MeV

Abstract The spin-correlation coefficients C xx , C yy and S have been measured by scattering the vector and tensor polarized deuteron beam of the Grenoble cyclotron from a polarized proton target. Comparison is made with Faddeev equation calculations using a separable N-N interaction. The results are in good agreement only when P-waves and the tensor force are taken into account in the N-N interaction.