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Three-nucleon force effects in polarization transfers from the doubly spin-polarized initial neutron-deuteron state to the outgoing neutron in neutron-deuteron scattering

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We discuss new spin observables presently accessible to measurement in the proton-deuteron ($\mathit{pd}$) system, namely polarization transfer coefficients from the doubly spin-polarized initial state to the outgoing nucleon in the elastic nucleon-deuteron ($\mathit{Nd}$) scattering and in the nucleon-induced deuteron breakup reactions. The sensitivity of these observables to three-nucleon force ($3N\mathrm{F}$) effects is investigated and compared to sensitivities of the constituent standard single polarization transfer coefficients in the neutron-deuteron ($\mathit{nd}$) system. ${K}_{y,y}^{{y}^{\ensuremath{'}}}$ in elastic $\mathit{nd}$ scattering, for which large $3N\mathrm{F}$ effects, up to 40%, have been found at higher energies, seems the most promising observable to measure.

Source: Physical Review C

DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.111.044003

Authors: H. Witała, J. Golak, R. Skibiński, H. Sakai, K. Sekiguchi

Institutions: Jagiellonian University, RIKEN Nishina Center, Institute of Science Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear physics research studies

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green