Isospin dependence of the three-nucleon force

2004/07/31 by E. Epelbaum, Ulf-G. Meißner, J. E. Palomar +1 · 39 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Isospin #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Nucleon #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.71.024001

published in Physical Review C 71(2) (American Institute of Physics) · 21 pages, 6 figures

arxiv created 2004/11/10 · openalex publication_date 2005/02/02 · arxiv updated 2014/11/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We classify A-nucleon forces according to their isospin dependence and discuss the most general isospin structure of the three-nucleon force. We derive the leading and subleading isospin-breaking corrections to the three-nucleon force using the framework of chiral effective field theory.

Citations

• Charge-symmetry-breaking three-nucleon forces
• Nuclear forces from chiral Lagrangians using the method of unitary transformation (I): Formalism
• Electromagnetic corrections in hadronic processes
• Reworking the Tucson-Melbourne Three-Nucleon Potential
• Charge-dependent nucleon–nucleon potential from chiral effective field theory
• Nucleon-mass difference in chiral perturbation theory and nuclear forces
• Chiral Dynamics in Nucleons and Nuclei
• Chiral symmetry and three-nucleon forces
• Quark masses

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