arXiv · nucl-th/0104002
The Ay Problem for p-3He Elastic Scattering
Abstract
We present evidence that numerically accurate quantum calculations employing modern internucleon forces do not reproduce the proton analyzing power, A_y, for p-3He elastic scattering at low energies. These calculations underpredict new measured analyzing powers by approximately 30% at E_{c.m.} = 1.20 MeV and by 40% at E_{c.m.} = 1.69 MeV, an effect analogous to a well-known problem in p-d and n-d scattering. The calculations are performed using the complex Kohn variational principle and the (correlated) Hyperspherical Harmonics technique with full treatment of the Coulomb force. The inclusion of the three-nucleon interaction does not improve the agreement with the experimental data.
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M. Viviani, A. Kievsky, S. Rosati, E. A. George, L. D. Knutson. 2001-04-02. The Ay Problem for p-3He Elastic Scattering. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.3739
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