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Title: Nucleon-nucleon pion-exchange tested in three-body reactions

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, P.O. Box 498, Adelaide, South Australia 5001 (Australia)
  2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 5, A-8010 Graz (Austria)

Variants of a one-boson-exchange potential are applied to elastic nucleon-deuteron and electron-deuteron scattering. The models differ with respect to the treatment of the pion-nucleon vertex, where either a small coupling constant or a soft form factor is employed. We find that these variations do not affect [ital Nd] observables, but that they have a sizable effect on [ital ed] quantities via exchange currents of the pion. Taking into account also exchange currents of the [pi][prime] reduces the effect to a large extent.

OSTI ID:
6698874
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 47:3; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English