The analyzing powers in proton-deuteron elastic scattering

Abstract

It is shown that the ratio of the deuteron and proton analyzing powers in proton-deuteron elastic scattering at small angles is sensitive to subtle effects in a theoretical description. These include the transverse spin-spin term in the elementary nucleon-nucleon amplitudes and double-scattering corrections. On the other hand there is far less sensitivity to the spin-orbit amplitude and to binding or other kinematic effects associated with the use of the deuteron, as either target or projectile. The available data are in agreement with the results of a refined Glauber theory model. Keywords: Deuteron-proton elastic scattering, Polarization effects