Bremsstrahlung of 350--450 MeV protons as a tool to study $NN$ interaction off-shell

Abstract

The $pp\to pp\gamma$ bremsstrahlung cross section is calculated within the method of coordinate space representation. It is shown that in the beam energy range of 350--450~MeV a deep attractive NN-potential with forbidden states (Moscow potential) and realistic meson exchange potentials (MEP) give rise to the cross sections that differ essentially in shape: the cross sections nearly coincide in the minima but differ by a factor of 5 approximately in the maxima. Therefore, the $pp\to pp\gamma$ reaction at energies $\sim$350--450~Mev can be used to study $NN$ interaction off-shell and to discriminate experimentally between MEP and Moscow potential.