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The two-body system has played a major role in nuclear physics and still holds the stage. Over the past fifty years a steady flow of experimental and theoretical papers on deuteron photodisintegration and its inverse reaction demonstrates the continuing interest in this fundamental process. This book contains an almost exhaustive review of the theoretical approaches employed to evaluate two-body photodisintegration of the deuteron at low and intermediate energies. Moreover, a critical survey of all the experiments concerning this process is given and the most accurate data are selected in order to compare the experimental results with the theoretical ones. Many information can be taken from this review, in particular that the current theory is able to describe the experimental data pretty well in the energy region below the pion production threshold, while more precise experimental data and improved theoretical calculations are needed in and above the delta-resonance region. Moreover, the role of meson exchange currents and isobar degrees of freedom is clearly seen in this process, the importance of different approximations in the calculations is clarified and the necessity of studying polarization observables is stressed.

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Author:   H. Arenhövel ,  M. Sanzone
Publisher:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Edition:   1991 ed.
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.310kg
ISBN:  

9783211822760

ISBN 10:   3211822763
Pages:   183
Publication Date:   06 June 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Elementary theory and brief history.- 3 Formal theory for two-particle channels.- 3.1 Kinematics.- 3.2 The T-matrix.- 3.3 Density matrices.- 3.4 Cross section and polarization observables.- 3.5 Multipole decomposition and angular distributions.- 4 Methods of calculation for the T-matrix.- 4.1 Non-relativistic approach.- 4.2 Meson-exchange currents and isobar configurations.- 4.3 Relativistic effects.- 4.4 The diagrammatic approach.- 4.5 Covariant theory and dispersion relations.- 5 Unpolarized and polarized beam sources.- 5.1 Continuous bremsstrahlung and the monitoring problem.- 5.2 Monochromatic and quasi-monochromatic photon beams.- 5.3 Inverse reaction and detailed balance.- 5.4 Polarized beam sources.- 6 Experimental results for two-particle break-up.- 6.1 Total and differential cross sections.- 6.2 Information from analysis of all available experiments.- 6.3 Results from selected experiments.- 6.4 Experimental results for polarization observables.- 7 Comparison of theory and experiment.- 7.1 Total cross section and sum rules.- 7.2 Angular distributions.- 7.3 Differential cross section at 0° and 180°.- 7.4 Polarization observables.- 8 Conclusion and outlook.- References.

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