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Hadronic deformation energy. II. Two-nucleon interaction

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
The MIT bag model for hadrons is treated in the static cavity approximation. The adiabatic deformation of a six-quark hadron with quantum numbers of the deuteron is studied in a configuration which permits the separation of two triplets with quantum numbers of the neutron and proton. The energy of the system is computed to second order in the gluon coupling and presented as a function of two choices of a single collective variable: a separation parameter for the nucleons and the baryonic quadrupole moment. The present study considers only interactions at short and intermediate range in a state with nuclear spins aligned in parallel along the deformation axis. It does not treat effects depending on nucleon momenta. The energy, when expressed in terms of a nuclear separation parameter exhibits a soft repulsive core at short range due to a color-magnetic gluon interaction, and strong attraction in intermediate range due to a color-electric interaction.
Research Organization:
Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
5033532
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 17:1; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English