The Three-Body Force, Off-Shell Pion Nucleon Scattering, and Binding Energies in Nuclear Matter

Jun, 1974
14 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 242 (1975) 467-480,
  • Nucl.Phys.A 254 (1975) 542-543 (erratum)
  • Published: 1975
Report number:
  • Print-74-1674 (ARIZONA)

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We re-examine the off-shell π N amplitude occurring in the two-pion exchange three-body force, subject to all of the constraints of current algebra. This amplitude is not dominated by the Δ(1231) isobar; instead, if the σ-term is known, it can be determined from on-shell scattering. The resulting contribution to the binding energy of nuclear matter is small but attractive, varying from 0.2 MeV to 1.5 MeV, corresponding to π N σ-terms of 70 MeV to 40 MeV.
  • THREE-BODY PROBLEM
  • PI NUCLEON: INTERACTION
  • INTERACTION: PI NUCLEON
  • MODEL: OFF-SHELL
  • EXCHANGE: TWO-PION
  • FORCE
  • NUCLEUS: MATTER
  • NUCLEUS: BINDING ENERGY
  • DELTA(1236)
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS