Relativistic Three-Body Scattering in a First Order Faddeev Formulation

Abstract

Relativistic Faddeev equations for three-body scattering at arbitrary energies are solved in first order in the two-body transition operator in terms of momentum vectors without employing a partial wave decomposition. Relativistic invariance is incorporated within the framework of Poincaré invariant quantum mechanics. Based on a Malfliet-Tjon type interaction, observables for elastic and breakup scattering are calculated and compared to the nonrelativistic ones.

Comments: 3 pages, 3 figures, Contribution to the International Nuclear Physics Confernce, INPC 2007, Tokyo, Japan, June 3-8, 2007