Evidence for a three-nucleon-force effect in proton-deuteron elastic scattering

Study of the deuteron analyzing powers in dp elastic scattering at the energy of 800 MeV

Preliminary results on the angular distributions of the vector Ay and tensor Ayy, Axx analyzing powers in dp elastic scattering at the energy of 800 MeV are presented. The measurements have been performed on Internal Target Station of the JINR Nuclotron using polarized deuteron beam from new source of polarized ions. The experimental data are compared with the preliminary calculations obtained within framework of relativistic multiple scattering approach.

Energy dependence of the vectorAyand tensorAyyandAxxanalyzing powers in deuteron-proton elastic scattering at large scattering angles

The results on the angular dependencies of the vectorAyand tensorAyyandAxxanalyzing powers in deuteron-proton elastic scattering at large scattering angles are presented. These data were obtained at internal target at the JINR Nuclotron in the energy range 400-1800 MeV using polarized deuteron beam from new polarized ion source. New data on the deuteron analyzing powers in the wide energy range demonstrate strong sensitivity to the short-range spin structure of the isoscalar nucleon-nucleon correlations observed earlier. The perspectives of further studies of the short-range correlations using carbon, polarized deuteron and proton beams are discussed.

Resolving the discrepancy of 135 MeV pd elastic scattering cross sections and relativistic effects

Three precise measurements for elastic pd scattering at 135 MeV/A have been performed with the three different experimental setups. The cross sections are described well by the theoretical predictions based on modern nucleon-nucleon forces combined with three-nucleon forces. Relativistic Faddeev calculations show that relativistic effects are restricted to backward angles. This result supports the two measurements recently reported by RIKEN and contradicts the KVI data.