Abstract
We report on the sensitivity of the triton binding energy to the -state probability in the deuteron. Based on a recently proposed energy-dependent separable potential, the interaction is constructed in such a way that while varying , the off-shell and on-shell behavior of the nucleon-nucleon forces employed (phase shifts are taken directly from experiment) are independent of the choice of . The increase of within the experimental bounds from 4% to 7% decreases the triton binding energy by ≈0.55-0.60 MeV. These values are in very good agreement with the results obtained for the Reid potential by Harms et al., which differ strongly from the results by Brady et al.
- Received 3 April 1985
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.32.660
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