ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS AND THE LONG-STANDING THREE-NUCLEON ANALYZING POWER PUZZLE
W. Tornow,E. M. Neidel,D. E. González Trotter,C. R. Howell,A. S. Crowell,R. A. Macri,R. L. Walter,G. J. Weisel,J. Esterline,H. Witała,B. J. Crowe,R. S. Pedroni,D. M. Markoff;W. Tornow;E. M. Neidel;D. E. González Trotter;C. R. Howell;A. S. Crowell;R. A. Macri;R. L. Walter;G. J. Weisel;J. Esterline;H. Witała;B. J. Crowe;R. S. Pedroni;D. M. Markoff;
modern physics letters a2003Vol. 18pp. 258-261
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markoff2003modernelectromagnetic
Abstract
New results for the neutron-deuteron analyzing power Ay(θ) at En = 1.2 and 1.9 MeV and their comparison to proton-deuteron data reveal a sizeable and unexpected difference which increases with decreasing center-of-mass energy. This finding calls for the theoretical treatment of a subtle electromagnetic effect presently not incorporated in rigorous three-nucleon scattering calculations, before it is justified to invoke charge-dependent three-nucleon forces and/or other new physics.