Peripheral scattering of nucleons by isoscalar targets

As is well known, the exchange of a single pion does not contribute to scattering of nucleons by isoscalar targets, since the pion is an isovector. This simple idea were employed in a recent work in order to probe the next layer of NN interaction and we showed that a clear dependence of phase shifts on the NN potential is obtained. As Nα scattering data is still not free of ambiguity, few conclusions can be extracted.

Motivated by more precise Nd scattering data recently available, we began a new study of Nd system. This may give us more information about the intermediate region of NN potential, but first we need to study the techniques involved in extracting phase shifts and mixing parameters.