Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
1999-04-27
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
4 pages and 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3788
The present paper reports high-accuracy cross-section data for the 2H(n,nnp) reaction in the neutron-proton (np) and neutron-neutron (nn) final-state-interaction (FSI) regions at an incident mean neutron energy of 13.0 MeV. These data were analyzed with rigorous three-nucleon calculations to determine the 1S0 np and nn scattering lengths, a_np and a_nn. Our results are a_nn = -18.7 +/- 0.6 fm and a_np = -23.5 +/- 0.8 fm. Since our value for a_np obtained from neutron-deuteron (nd) breakup agrees with that from free np scattering, we conclude that our investigation of the nn FSI done simultaneously and under identical conditions gives the correct value for a_nn. Our value for a_nn is in agreement with that obtained in pion-deuteron capture measurements but disagrees with values obtained from earlier nd breakup studies.
Chen Qijin
Crowell A. S.
Gloeckle Walter
Gonzalez Trotter D. E.
Howell Rafael C.
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