https://doi.org/10.1007/s10050-000-5067-8
Abnormally large neutron polarizability or long-range strong-interaction potential at fast neutron scattering by heavy nuclei?
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
* e-mail: pokot@nf.jinr.ru
Received:
27
January
2000
Revised:
10
June
2000
Published online: 7 May 2012
It is shown that the discrepancy between the results obtained for different neutron energy ranges, when neutron polarizability is derived from the neutron scattering data, can be removed if one assumes that at the fast neutron scattering a strong-interaction long-range potential of Van der Waals (∼ r −6 ) or Casimir-Polder (∼ r −7 ) is observed. This strong-interaction long-range potential has possibly some experimental confirmation in the elastic p-p scattering.
PACS: 13.40.GpElectromagnetic form factors – / 13.75.Cs Nucleon-nucleon interactions – / 25.40.Dn Elastic neutron scattering – / 28.20.Cz Neutron scattering –
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