Tomoatsu Edagawa | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Chirality in $(\vec{p},2p)$ reactions induced by proton helicity

It is shown that longitudinally polarized protons can be used to induce chirality in the final states of the $(\vec{p},pN)$ reaction at intermediate energies, when there exist three final-state particles with non-coplanar momentum vectors. The analyzing power $A_z$ is proposed as a measure of this effect. Theoretical descriptions to obtain $A_z$ based on an intuitive picture as well as a distorted wave impulse approximation are presented, showing that the helicity of incident protons is coupled to the chirality of the orbital motion of a single-particle wave function, resulting in the chirality of the final states and a large $A_z$ value.

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arXiv2023

Effective polarization in proton-induced $α$ knockout reactions

The effective polarization of the residual nucleus in the proton-induced $α$ knockout reaction is investigated within the distorted wave impulse approximation framework. The strong absorption of the emitted $α$ particle results in strong selectivity on the reaction "position" depending on the third component of the single-particle orbital angular momentum of the $α$ particle inside a nucleus, hence on the spin direction of the reaction residue. This is caused by a mechanism that is similar to the Maris effect, the effective polarization in the proton-induced proton knockout reactions. However, as a distinct feature of the effective polarization in the $α$ knockout process, the spin degrees of freedom of the reacting particles play no role. The $α$ knockout process with complete kinematics can be a useful polarization technique for the residual nucleus, without actively controlling the spin of the proton.

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