Configuration-Space Faddeev Calculation for Proton–Deuteron Elastic Scattering Observables

Abstract

A new computational method for solving the nucleon–deuteron breakup scattering problem has been applied to study the elastic nucleon–deuteron scattering on the basis of the configuration-space Faddeev–Noyes–Noble–Merkuriev equations. The Merkuriev–Gignoux–Laverne approach has been generalized for arbitrary nucleon–nucleon potentials and with an arbitrary number of partial waves. The nucleon–deuteron observables at the incident nucleon energy 3 MeV have been calculated using the charge-independent AV14 nucleon–nucleon potential including the Coulomb force for the proton–deuteron scattering. Results have been compared with those of other authors and with experimental proton–deuteron scattering data.