OPTICAL-MODEL DESCRIPTION OF TIME-REVERSAL VIOLATION IN NEUTRON-NUCLEUS SCATTERING

被引:10
作者
HNIZDO, V
GOULD, CR
机构
[1] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, RALEIGH, NC 27695 USA
[2] TRIANGLE UNIV NUCL LAB, DURHAM, NC 27708 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 1994年 / 49卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevC.49.R612
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
A time-reversal-violating spin-correlation coefficient in the total cross section for polarized neutrons incident on a tensor rank-2 polarized target is calculated by assuming a time-reversal-noninvariant, parity-conserving ''fivefold'' interaction in the neutron-nucleus optical potential. Results are presented for the system n + Ho-165 for neutron incident energies covering the range 1-20 MeV. From existing experimental bounds, a strength of 2 +/- 10 keV is deduced for the real and imaginary parts of the fivefold term, which implies an upper bound of order 10(-4) on the relative T-odd strength when compared to the central real optical potential.
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页码:R612 / R615
页数:4
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