The Three nucleon and four nucleon systems from chiral effective field theory

Jul, 2000
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 86 (2001) 4787-4790
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Abstract:
Recently developed chiral nucleon-nucleon (NN) forces at next-to-leading order (NLO) that describe NN phase shifts up to about 100 MeV fairly well have been applied to 3N and 4N systems. Faddeev-Yakubovsky equations have been solved rigorously. The chiral NLO forces depend on a momentum cut-off \Lambda lying between 540-600 MeV/c. The resulting 3N and 4N binding energies are in the same range as found using standard NN potentials. In additon, low-energy 3N scattering observables are very well reproduced like for standard NN forces. Surprisingly, the long standing A_y-puzzle is resolved at NLO. The cut-off dependence of the scattering observables is rather mild.
Note:
  • 4 pp, revtex, 3 figures
  • nucleon nucleon: interaction
  • symmetry: chiral
  • bound state: (3nucleon)
  • bound state: (4nucleon)
  • binding energy
  • partial wave
  • nucleon deuteron: elastic scattering
  • total cross section: energy dependence
  • effective potential
  • analyzing power