Pion photoproduction of the deuteron: The reaction d0d

We calculate the differential cross section, photon asymmetry, and initial deuteron polarizations of the reaction d0d in the energy region from threshold up to 1 GeV. We compare our results with available data and give predictions where no data are available. The calculation is performed fully relativistically, by applying the spectator-on-mass-shell prescription to the single- and double-scattering diagrams. We study the sensitivity of this reaction to the use of pseudovector versus pseudoscalar NN couplings when the elementary NN reaction takes place on a bound nucleon.