Forward antiproton-deuteron elastic scattering and total spin-dependent antiproton-deuteron cross sections at intermediate energies

Abstract

Spin-dependent total pbar-d cross sections are considered using the optical theorem. For this aim the full spin dependence of the forward pbar-d elastic scattering amplitude is considered in a model independent way. The single-scattering approximation is used to relate this amplitude to the elementary amplitudes of pbar-p and pbar-n scattering and the deuteron form factor. A formalism allowing to take into account Coulomb-nuclear interference effects in polarized pbar-d cross sections is developed. Numerical calculations for the polarized total pbar-d cross sections are performed at beam energies 20-300 MeV using the Nbar-N interaction models developed by the Julich group. Double-scattering effects are estimated within the Glauber approach and found to be in the order of 10-20%. Existing experimental data on differential pbar-d cross sections are in good agreement with the performed Glauber calculations. It is found that for the used Nbar-N models the total longitudinal and transversal pbar-d cross sections are comparable in absolute value to those for pbar-p scattering.

19 pages, 8 figures; typos in appendix removed, Section about Coulomb-nuclear interference re-structured, figures improved; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C

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