Dispersive and absorptive corrections to the pion-deuteron scattering length

Aug, 2006
13 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 648 (2007) 46-53
e-Print:
Report number:
  • FZJ-IKP-TH-2006-20,
  • HISKP-TH-06-22

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Abstract:
We present a parameter--free calculation of the dispersive and absorptive contributions to the pion--deuteron scattering length based on chiral perturbation theory. We show that once all diagrams contributing to leading order to this process are included, their net effect provides a small correction to the real part of the pion--deuteron scattering length. At the same time the sizable imaginary part of the pion--deuteron scattering length is reproduced accurately.
  • pi deuteron: nuclear reaction
  • pi deuteron: scattering length
  • perturbation theory: chiral
  • Feynman graph
  • dispersion: correction
  • pi nucleon: interaction
  • absorption: correction
  • numerical calculations