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Three-pion exchange: a gap in the nucleon-nucleon potential

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

The leading contribution to the three-pion exchange nucleon-nucleon potential is calculated in the framework of chiral symmetry. It has pseudoscalar and axial components and is dominated by the former, which has a range of about 1.5 fm and tends to enhance the OPEP. The strength of this force does not depend on the pion mass and hence it survives in the chiral limit.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9903028,
  title  = {Three-pion exchange: a gap in the nucleon-nucleon potential},
  author = {J. C. Pupin and M. R. Robilotta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9903028},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages, 5 figures, 1 table