Deuteron spin oscillation and rotation as a universal method of the N-N scattering amplitude study

Abstract

We consider the effects of the deuteron spin rotation and oscillations at the matter which is proportional to the real part of the deuteron spin-dependent forward scattering amplitude. That gives a possibility of a direct measurement of this quantity. Spin-dependent forward scattering amplitude of the deuteron on an unpolarized proton is discussed in terms of the Glauber multiscattering theory. This amplitude is determined by the nucleon rescattering, nonsphericity of the deuteron and spin-dependent nucleon-nucleon scattering amplitude. Thus deuteron spin oscillation phenomenon represents a method for N-N scattering amplitude investigation, including its real part, over a broad energy range.