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Title: Comment on {open_quote}{open_quote}Role of heavy meson exchange in near threshold {ital NN}{r_arrow}{ital d}{pi}{close_quote}{close_quote}

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C
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  1. Department of Physics, P.O. Box 9, FIN--00014 University of Helsinki (Finland)

In a recent paper by Horowitz [Phys. Rev. C {bold 48}, 2920 (1993)] a heavy meson exchange is incorporated into threshold {ital NN}{r_arrow}{ital d}{pi} to enhance the underestimated cross section. However, that calculation uses an unjustified assumption on the initial and final momenta, which causes an overestimate of this effect by a factor of 3{endash}4. Further, I point out that the inclusion of the {Delta}(1232) isobar increases the cross section significantly even at threshold. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

OSTI ID:
277434
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C, Vol. 53, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English