Evaluation of the 12C(d, p0)13C reaction cross-section for energies and detection angles suitable for nuclear reaction analysis

Carbon depth profiling constitutes an important analytical problem for all the major Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) techniques, with NRA (Nuclear Reaction Analysis) being widely implemented, via the use of the 12C(d, p0)13C reaction. As a consequence, there exists an adequate number of experimental differential cross-section datasets in literature for energies and angles suitable for NRA. In the present work, an attempt is made to evaluate this cross-section for deuteron beam energies between 0.8 and 2 MeV, in the framework of DWBA (Distorted Wave Born Approximation) and R-matrix calculations. The contributions of the direct and compound reaction mechanisms are analyzed, and the evaluated results are benchmarked at two different deuteron beam energies and detector angles, using a thick, mirror-polished, glassy carbon target.

► We performed an evaluation of the 12C(d, p0)13C nuclear reaction for energies and detection angles suitable for NRA.
► We implemented DWBA and R-matrix theory calculations.
► We validated the obtained results via benchmarking experiments.