Published August 1999 | Version v1
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Wigner Symmetry in the Limit of Large Scattering Lengths

  • 1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)

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We note that, in the limit where the NN 1S0 and 3S1 scattering lengths, a(1S0) and a(3S1) , go to infinity, the leading terms in the effective field theory for strong NN interactions are invariant under Wigner's SU(4) spin-isospin symmetry. This explains why the leading effects of radiation pions on the S -wave NN scattering amplitudes vanish as a(1S0) and a(3S1) go to infinity. The implications of Wigner symmetry for NN→NN axion and γd→np are also considered. copyright 1999 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 931-934
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO