Charge-Symmetry Breaking in Neutron-Proton Elastic Scattering

G. A. Miller, A. W. Thomas, and A. G. Williams
Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 2567 – Published 16 June 1986
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Abstract

The effects of spin-dependent charge-symmetry-breaking forces can be measured in elastic np scattering. We find that a term in the one-pion exchange potential arising from the neutron-proton mass difference is dominant. This, together with single-photon exchange, gives a result in agreement with a recent precise measurement made at TRIUMF. Other shorter-ranged effects associated with rho exchange, meson mixing, two-pion exchanges, and quark interactions give smaller contributions.

  • Received 25 March 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2567

©1986 American Physical Society

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G. A. Miller

  • Institute for Nuclear Theory, Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

A. W. Thomas and A. G. Williams

  • Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia

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Vol. 56, Iss. 24 — 16 June 1986

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