Abstract

Faddeev calculations using the chiral three-nucleon force at next-to-next-to- next-to-leading-order show that this force is not able to provide an explanation for the low-energy Ay puzzle. Also the large discrepancies between data and theory for the symmetric-space-star and for the neutron-neutron quasi-free-scattering cross sections in low energy neutron-deuteron breakup cannot be explained by that three-nucleon force. The discrepancy for the neutron-neutron quasi-free-scattering cross section seems to re- quire a modification of the 1 S 0 neutron-neutron force.

Highlights

  • Recent progress in the construction of chiral nucleon-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon forces (3NF) allows one to test chiral dynamics in 3N reactions up to the next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order (N3LO) of the chiral expansion

  • In order to describe the 2N system with the same high precision as provided by standard semiphenomenological NN potentials one needs to go to N3LO in chiral expansion [1, 2]

  • Results of 3N Faddeev calculations [3, 4] based on five versions of chiral N3LO potentials, which use different cut-off’s for the Lippmann-Schwinger equation and spectral function regularization [1] and which well describe the 2N system, will be presented

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Summary

Introduction

Recent progress in the construction of chiral nucleon-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon forces (3NF) allows one to test chiral dynamics in 3N reactions up to the next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order (N3LO) of the chiral expansion. It provides an opportunity to check if consistent two- and threenucleon forces are able to explain the low-energy Ay puzzle. The large disagreement between theory and data for the symmetric-space-star (SST) and for the neutron-neutron quasi-free scattering (nn QFS) cross section in low energy neutron-deuteron (nd) breakup reaction provides another example where consistent application of N3LO chiral forces is desirable. The strong dominance of S-waves on the cross section in those configurations indicates the possibility that two neutrons interaction in a 1S 0 state should be modified

Ay puzzle and the N3LO chiral three-nucleon force
Low energy breakup
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