Calculation of Proton-Deuteron Elastic Scattering at 10 MeV with a Realistic Potential

Abstract

We present the first results of a calculation of the differential cross section and of polarization observables for proton-deuteron elastic scattering at 10 MeV proton laboratory energy, for the Paris potential. The method used is the ``screening and renormalization approach'' which allows one to correctly take into account the Coulomb repulsion between the two protons. Comparison is made with the precise experimental data of Sagara et al. [Phys. Rev. C 50, 576 (1994)] and of Sperison et al. [Nucl. Phys. A422, 81 (1984)].