Extracting the Energy of the Virtual pp -State Produced in the d + 1 H → p + p + n Reaction

A study is performed of extracting the energy of the virtual pp -state produced in the d + 1 H → ( p + p ) + n reaction. Basic and auxiliary experimental parameters that refer to neutron detection (time resolution, flight base, and time-of-flight window in which neutrons are selected) are optimized to maximize the sensitivity to the production of a quasibound pp -state. Modeling results are compared to experimental data obtained in a test experiment.