Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Model dependence of unitary isobar model treatments of NN. -->. NN. pi. at intermediate energies

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)
We compare two ''conventional'' relativistic unitary isobar models for the NN..-->..NN..pi.. reaction. One model, which preserves two- and three-body unitarity, contains only pion exchange, while the other, based on a two-body coupled-channels approach, includes heavier meson exchanges. Thus, we attempt to identify the model dependence of predictions for the NN..-->..NN..pi.. process over a large part of final state phase space. Differential cross sections and a variety of spin observables are examined. Implications for the identification of exotic dibaryon resonances are briefly discussed.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
OSTI ID:
5136819
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 34:3; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English