Neutron-deuteron scattering in configuration space II

A new computational method to solve the configuration-space Faddeev equations for the breakup scattering problem [1] has been applied to study the elastic \textit{nd} scattering above the deuteron threshold. To perform numerical calculations for arbitrary nuclear potentials and with arbitrary numbers of partial waves retained, we use the approach proposed in [2]. Calculations of the elastic differential cross section, nucleon and deuteron analyzing powers for lab energy 14.1 MeV were performed with the charge independent AV14 potential. To compute the observables, the maximum value for the total momentum $j$ of a nucleon pair was chosen equal to $3$ and all values of the conserved total three-nucleon angular momentum up to 13/2 with both signs of parity were taken into account. The results are compared with those of the Bochum group. \\[4pt] [1] V.M. Suslov and B. Vlahovic, Phys. Rev. C\textbf{69}, 044003 (2004). \\[0pt] [2] S.P. Merkuriev, C. Gignoux and A. Laverne, Ann. Phys. \textbf{99}, 30 (1976).