Perturbative Calculation of Spin Observables in Nucleon-Deuteron Elastic Scattering. II. Inclusion of a Tensor Force

Abstract

A previous perturbative calculation of elastic nucleon-deuteron scattering using nucleon-nucleon $S$-, $P$-, and $D$-wave forces is extended to include the rank-1 ${}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}S_1^{}{}_{}{}^{}-{}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}D_1^{}{}_{}{}^{}$ tensor force of Yamaguchi and Yamaguchi. We find that both the tensor and the $P$-wave forces are important to the rank-2 polarizations of the deuteron. Using these forces we achieve excellent agreement with the data for these polarizations at 5.75 and 10.85 MeV. A comparison of calculations with just the tensor force to the exact calculations of Aarons and Sloan demonstrates the reliability of the perturbation technique.