Pionless EFT calculations find unexpectedly small O(alpha) Coulomb corrections to three-nucleon magnetic moments and GT matrix elements, yielding a fitted prediction for the proton-proton fusion reduced matrix element of 2.776(331).
Effective Theory of 3H and 3He
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We present a new perturbative expansion for pionless effective field theory with Coulomb interactions in which at leading order the spin-singlet nucleon-nucleon channels are taken in the unitarity limit. Presenting results up to next-to-leading order for the Phillips line and the neutron-deuteron doublet-channel phase shift, we find that a perturbative expansion in the inverse 1S0 scattering lengths converges rapidly. Using a new systematic treatment of the proton-proton sector that isolates the divergence due to one-photon exchange, we renormalize the corresponding contribution to the 3H-3He binding energy splitting and demonstrate that the Coulomb force in pionless EFT is a completely perturbative effect in the trinucleon bound-state regime. In our new expansion, the leading order is exactly isospin-symmetric. At next-to-leading order, we include isospin breaking via the Coulomb force and two-body scattering lengths, and find for the energy splitting (E_B(3He)-E_B(3H))^NLO = (-0.86 +/- 0.17) MeV.
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Non-perturbative Coulomb corrections in LO pionless EFT give a 0.85(3) MeV He-3/H-3 binding split, 0.043(2) fm charge-radius shift, 0.036(2) fm magnetic-radius shift, and -0.0041(1) μ_N moment shift.
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Coulomb Corrections to Three-Nucleon Moments
Pionless EFT calculations find unexpectedly small O(alpha) Coulomb corrections to three-nucleon magnetic moments and GT matrix elements, yielding a fitted prediction for the proton-proton fusion reduced matrix element of 2.776(331).
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Coulomb Effects and Wigner-SU(4) Symmetry in He-3 Charge and Magnetic Properties
Non-perturbative Coulomb corrections in LO pionless EFT give a 0.85(3) MeV He-3/H-3 binding split, 0.043(2) fm charge-radius shift, 0.036(2) fm magnetic-radius shift, and -0.0041(1) μ_N moment shift.