Session C8: Nuclear Theory I
1:30 PM–3:18 PM, Saturday, April 22, 2006
Hyatt Regency Dallas Room: Cumberland A
Sponsoring Unit:
DNP
Abstract ID: BAPS.2006.APR.C8.7
Abstract: C8.00007 : Precision extraction of $a_{nn}$ from $\pi^-d\to nn\gamma$ using $\chi$PT
2:42 PM–2:54 PM
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Abstract 
Authors:
Anders G{\aa}rdestig
(University of South Carolina)
Daniel Phillips
(Ohio University)
We present an updated chiral perturbation theory calculation of the $\pi^-d\to nn\gamma$ reaction. By using other observables to constrain the unknown short-distance physics, we can drastically reduce the theoretical error in the extracted neutron-neutron scattering length. Further consequences of the results will be discussed.
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