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Subleading contributions to the three-nucleon contact interaction

Nuclear Theory 2020-05-11 v3

Abstract

We obtain a minimal form of the two-derivative three-nucleon contact Lagrangian, by imposing all constraints deriving from discrete symmetries, Fierz identities and Poincare' covariance. The resulting interaction, depending on 13 unknown low-energy constants, leads to a three-nucleon potential which we give in a local form in configuration space. We also consider the leading (no-derivative) four-nucleon interaction and show that there exists only one independent operator.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1102.4799,
  title  = {Subleading contributions to the three-nucleon contact interaction},
  author = {L. Girlanda and A. Kievsky and M. Viviani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.4799},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

11 pages. Three more operators found after correcting some mistaken Fierz relations

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