Elastic pbar-d scattering and total pbar-d cross sections

Elastic pbar-d scattering is studied within the Glauber theory based on the single- and double pbar-N scattering mechanisms. The full spin dependence of the elementary pbar-N scattering amplitudes is taken into account and both the S- and D-wave components of the deuteron are considered. The treatment of the spin dependence is done in a (properly modified) formalism developed recently by Platonova and Kukulin for the pd -> pd scattering process. Predictions for differential cross sections and the spin observables A_y^d, A_y^pbar, A_xx, A_yy are presented for antiproton beam energies between 50 and 300 MeV, using amplitudes generated from the Nbar-N interaction model developed by the Juelich group. Total polarized cross sections are calculated utilizing the optical theorem. The efficiency of the polarization buildup for antiprotons in a storage ring is investigated.Comment: 14 pages, 15 figures; some comments added, figure added, signs of some spin-dependent cross sections correcte

Deuteron Breakup pd→pnppd\to pnp in Specific Kinematics and Short-Range NN-Interaction

Deuteron breakup processes $p+d\to (NN)_{s,t}+N$ are studied in the kinematics of backward elastic pd-scattering at law relative momenta of the NN-pair $k\sim 0-50 MeV/c$ for initial energies $T_0=0.5-2.5 GeV$ in the framework of the known mechanisms of the $pd\to dp$ process including rescatterings in the initial and final states. A considerable suppression of the $\Delta-$ and $N^*-$ isobar excitation mechanisms is found for the production of the singlet $(NN)_s$-pair. As a result, one nucleon exchange mechanism can be identified in the cross section and polarization observables by the node of the half-off-shell NN$(~^1S_0)$-scattering amplitude, $t(q,k)$, at $q\sim 0.4$ GeV/c

Dynamics of 1S0^{1}S_0 diproton formation in the pd→{pp}snpd\to \{pp\}_sn and pN→{pp}sπpN\to \{pp\}_s\pi reactions in the GeV region

Mechanisms for the production of $^1S_0$ diproton pairs, ${pp}_s$, in the $pd\to {pp}_s n$ reaction are studied at proton beam energies 0.5 -- 2 GeV in kinematics similar to those of backward elastic $pd$ scattering. This reaction provides valuable information on the short-range $NN$ and $pd$ interactions that is complementary to that investigated in the well known $pd\to dp$ and $dp\to p(0^\circ)X$ processes. The $pd\to {pp}_sn$ reaction is related to the subprocesses $\pi^0 d\to pn$ and $pN\to {pp}_s \pi$ using two different one--pion--exchange (OPE) diagrams. Within both these models a reasonable agreement could be obtained with the data below 1GeV. The similar energy dependence of the $pd\to\{pp\}_s n$ and $pd\to dp$ cross sections and the small ratio of about 1.5% in the production of $\{pp\}_s$ to deuteron final states follow naturally within the OPE models.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, Late