Abstract
The complex Kohn variational principle and the (correlated) hyperspherical harmonics method are applied to study the proton-deuteron elastic scattering at energies above the deuteron breakup threshold. Results for the elastic cross section and various elastic polarization observables have been obtained by taking into account the long-range effect of the Coulomb interaction and using a realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction model. Detailed comparison to the accurate and abundant elastic proton-deuteron experimental data can now be performed.
- Received 30 November 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3759
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