Neutron polarizability and the two-neutron scattering length

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(73)90318-3

Physics Letters B

Volume 44, Issue 5, 28 May 1973, Pages 401-404

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Abstract

It is shown that the neutron electric polarizability contribution to the two-neutron scattering length is not negligible if the polarizability is as large as available measurements indicate.

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Neutron polarizability and the two-neutron scattering length

Abstract

Fortschr. Physik

Ann. Phys. (N.Y.)

Phys. Rev.

Phys. Rev.

Nucl. Phys.

Zh. Eksp. i Teor. Fiz.

Soviet Phys. JETP