Few-nucleon scattering experiments

Abstract

Observables in few-nucleon scattering processes are sensitive probes to study the two and manybody interactions between nucleons in nuclei. In the past decades, several facilities provided a large data base to study in detail the few-nucleon interactions below the pion-production threshold by exploiting polarized proton and deuteron beams and large-acceptance detectors. In this contribution, some recent results are discussed and interpreted by rigorous Faddeev calculations which are based upon modern potentials. Furthermore, the paper presents preliminary results from a pioneering and exclusive study of the four-nucleon scattering process at intermediate energies which was recently conducted at the KVI.