Faddeev calculation for breakup neutron-deuteron scattering at 14.1 MeV lab energy

Abstract

A new computational method for solving the nucleon-deuteron breakup scattering problem has been applied to study the inelastic neutron-deuteron scattering on the basis of the configuration-space Faddeev equations. This method is based on the spline-decomposition in the angular variable and on a generalization of the Numerov method for the hyperradius. The Merkuriev-Gignoux-Laverne approach has been generalized for arbitrary nucleon-nucleon potentials and with an arbitrary number of partial waves. Neutron-deuteron observables at the incident nucleon energy 14.1 MeV have been calculated using the charge-independent AV14 nucleon-nucleon potential. Results have been compared with those of other authors and with experimental neutron-deuteron scattering data.