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A recently proposed method based on dispersion theory, that allows to extract the scattering length of a hadronic two-body system from corresponding final-state interactions, is generalized to the situation where the Coulomb interaction is…
We report on the first calculation of the scattering length A_{K^-d} based on a relativistic three-body approach where the two-body input amplitudes coupled to the Kbar N channels have been obtained with the chiral SU(3) constraint, but…
We propose a novel method to measure the neutron-neutron scattering length using the $^{6}$He$(p,p\alpha)nn$ reaction in inverse kinematics at high energies. The method is based on the final state interaction (FSI) between the neutrons…
The low energy $n-\nuc{3}{H}$ elastic cross sections near the resonance peak are calculated by solving the 4-nucleon problem with realistic NN interactions. Three different methods -- Alt, Grassberger and Shandas (AGS), Hyperspherical…
The scattering lengths and effective ranges that describe low-energy nucleon-nucleon scattering are calculated in the limit of SU(3)-flavor symmetry at the physical strange-quark mass with Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics. The calculations…
We present first calculations for Compton scattering on $^3$He. The objective of the calculation is an extraction of the neutron polarizabilities.
Two promising directions beyond inclusive deep inelastic scattering experiments, aimed at unveiling the three dimensional structure of the bound nucleon, are reviewed, considering in particular the $^3$He nucleus. The 3D structure in…
Direct cluster disintegration and radiative capture in the pd, nd, and d3He channels are considered on the basis of potential two-cluster models. Interaction between clusters is described by potentials that, in some cases, involve forbidden…
Separable nucleon-nucleon potentials are calculated using inverse scattering techniques as presented in previously published work. The dependence of the potentials on the momentum cut-off of the scattering phase-shifts is studied. Some…
By means of a technique, which does not employ partial wave (PW) decompositions, the nucleon-deuteron break-up process is evaluated in the Faddeev scheme, where only the leading order term of the amplitude is considered. This technique is…
The electromagnetic potential consisting in the Coulomb plus the magnetic moment interactions between two nucleons is studied in nucleon-deuteron scattering. For states in which the relative N-d angular momentum L has low values the…
We calculate the leading isospin conserving few-nucleon contributions to pion scattering on $^2$H, $^3$He, and $^4$He. We demonstrate that the strong contributions to the pion-nucleus scattering lengths can be controlled theoretically to an…
A method using an expansion of the four-body Yakubovsky wave function components onto the basis of the Faddeev-equation solutions for the two-cluster sub-Hamiltonian eigenfunctions is proposed. This expansion reduces the Yakubovsky…
Elastic proton scattering on ${}^{3}{H}$ nucleus is studied inbetween p-% ${}^{3}{H}$ and n-${}^{3}{He}$ thresholds, in the energy region where $\alpha$-particles first excited state is inbeded in the continuum. For this aim…
The pi-N s-wave scattering lengths have been inferred from a joint analysis of the pionic hydrogen and the pionic deuterium x-ray data using a non-relativistic approach in which the pi-N interaction is simulated by a short-ranged potential.…
A three-body scattering process in the presence of Coulomb interaction can be decomposed formally into a two-body single channel, a two-body multichannel and a genuine three-body scattering. The corresponding integral equations are coupled…
We report the first results from a new approach for measuring the $^3$He neutron incoherent scattering length $b_{i}$. $b_{i}$ is directly proportional to the difference $\Delta b=b_{+}-b_{-}$ in the two low-energy s-wave neutron-nucleus…
Proton-${}^3$H elastic scattering and charge-exchange reaction ${}^3$H$(p,n){}^3$He in the energy regime above four-nucleon breakup threshold are described in the momentum-space transition operator framework. Fully converged results are…
In a recent Physical Review Letter, Kondo and Morimatsu present a QCD sum rule calculation of nucleon-nucleon scattering lengths. They also relate the empirical scattering lengths to the nucleon mass shift in nuclear matter to cast doubt on…
We formulate a renormalizable pionless effective field theory (Pionless EFT) with a non-perturbative treatment of the Coulomb interaction up to next-to-leading order (NLO) for few-nucleon systems. We extract scattering observables for…