Resolving the discrepancy of 135 MeV pd elastic scattering cross sections and relativistic effects

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Oct 14;95(16):162301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.162301. Epub 2005 Oct 12.

Abstract

Three precise measurements for elastic pd scattering at 135 MeV/A have been performed with the three different experimental setups. The cross sections are described well by the theoretical predictions based on modern nucleon-nucleon forces combined with three-nucleon forces. Relativistic Faddeev calculations show that relativistic effects are restricted to backward angles. This result supports the two measurements recently reported by RIKEN and contradicts the KVI data.