https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2008-10627-1
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Nucleon charge exchange on the deuteron: A critical review
1
SPP IRFU, CEA Saclay, F-91190, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
2
IEAP CTU, Horská 3a/22, Cz-12800, Prague 2, Czech Republic
3
Physics and Astronomy Department, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
* e-mail: lehar@mail.utef.cvut.cz
Received:
20
May
2008
Revised:
10
July
2008
Published online:
12
August
2008
The existing experimental data on the d(n, p)nn and d(p, n)pp cross-sections in the forward direction are reviewed in terms of the Dean sum rule. It is shown that the measurement of the ratio of the charge exchange on the deuteron to that on the proton might, if taken together with other experimental data, allow a direct construction of the np → np scattering amplitude in the backward direction with few ambiguities.
PACS: 13.75.Cs Nucleon-nucleon interactions (including antinucleons, deuterons, etc.) – / 25.40.Kv Chargeexchange reactions – / 25.10.+s Nuclear reactions involving few-nucleon systems –
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