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The theory of the photo-disintegration of the deuteron1 indicates that the process should be predominantly due to photo-electric transitions for γ-ray energies considerably greater than the threshold energy (2·18 MeV.). The angular distribution of the protons emitted in such transitions should be represented by the function
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GIBSON, W., GREEN, L. & LIVESEY, D. Photo-Disintegration of the Deuteron. Nature 160, 534–535 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160534a0
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