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Three-nucleon force effects in \(A = 4\) scattering

Study of the resonances of the \(\alpha \) particle

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We study the effect of the three-nucleon force (3NF) in \(p+{}^3{\mathrm{H}}\) and \(n+{}^3{\mathrm{He}}\) scattering at low energies. The used 3NF was derived from effective field theory at next-to-next-to-leading order. The four-nucleon scattering observables are calculated using the Kohn variational principle and the hyperspherical harmonics technique and the results are compared with available experimental data. We also extract information on the excited states of \({}^4\mathrm {He}\) from the calculated S-matrix.

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  1. INFN-Pisa, 56127, Pisa, Italy

    M. Viviani, A. Kievsky & L. E. Marcucci

  2. Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    L. Girlanda

  3. INFN-Lecce, 73100, Lecce, Italy

    L. Girlanda

  4. Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    L. E. Marcucci

  5. Physique Quantique, and Physique Nucléaire Théorique et Physique Mathématique, C.P. 229, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    J. Dohet-Eraly

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Viviani, M., Girlanda, L., Kievsky, A. et al. Three-nucleon force effects in \(A = 4\) scattering. Few-Body Syst 59, 73 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-018-1379-6

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