Abstract
We calculate the triton binding energy with a nonlocal potential that fits the world data below 350 MeV with the almost perfect of 1.03. The nonlocality is derived from relativistic meson field theory. The result obtained in a 34-channel, charge-dependent Faddeev calculation is 8.00 MeV, which is 0.4 MeV above the predictions by local potentials. The increase in binding energy can be clearly attributed to the off-shell behavior of the nonlocal potential. Our result cuts in half the discrepancy between theory and experiment established from local potentials. Implications for other areas of miscroscopic nuclear structure, in which underbinding is a traditional problem, are discussed.
- Received 12 October 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.53.R1483
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