The longitudinal asymmetry A_z(n-3He) in the 3He(n, p)3H reaction is an observable directly related to parity-violating (PV) components in the nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction. Here we study A_z(n-3He) using a PV NN potential derived from an effective field theory framework at next-to-next-to-leading order, including one- and two-pion exchanges, contact interactions and relativistic corrections. This potential depends on six low-energy constants. Some of these parameters are constrained to reproduce the existing accurate measurements of the p-p longitudinal asymmetry. Using these constraints we compute A_z(n-3He) and study the sensitivity of such an observable to the unconstrained parameters.
The parity-violating asymmetry in the 3He(n, p)3H reaction
GIRLANDA, Luca;
2012-01-01
Abstract
The longitudinal asymmetry A_z(n-3He) in the 3He(n, p)3H reaction is an observable directly related to parity-violating (PV) components in the nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction. Here we study A_z(n-3He) using a PV NN potential derived from an effective field theory framework at next-to-next-to-leading order, including one- and two-pion exchanges, contact interactions and relativistic corrections. This potential depends on six low-energy constants. Some of these parameters are constrained to reproduce the existing accurate measurements of the p-p longitudinal asymmetry. Using these constraints we compute A_z(n-3He) and study the sensitivity of such an observable to the unconstrained parameters.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
