Measurement of Azz of pd radiative capture at Ed = 196 MeV

In our previous measurement of pd radiative capture at E d = 137 and 196 MeV, we found an interesting fact that the measured tensor analyzing powers show the relation A xx ≈ A yy , although calculated A xx and A yy are apparently different, A xx ≠ A yy . The measured A yy agrees fairly well with the 3N calculations, and the measured A xx largely disagrees with calculated A xx . Similar experiments on pd capture have been made at KVI at nearly the same energies of 130–180 MeV. The KVI data also support A xx ≈ A yy relation, but absolute values of A xx and A yy at KVI are about half of RCNP data. Therefore, we made a new experiment of pd capture at E d = 196 MeV. A zz was measured in three different ways, and data analysis is in progress. Preliminary data seem to support our previous data.