Test of Time-Reversal Symmetry in the Proton-Deuteron Scattering

Abstract

The integrated cross section [Formula: see text] for a special type of double polarized proton-deuteron scattering constitutes a null test for time-invariance violating but P-parity conserving effects. Using Glauber theory for the [Formula: see text] elastic scattering and different types of phenomenological T-odd P-even NN-interactions we show that the contribution of the lowest mass meson exchange, i.e. the [Formula: see text]-meson, to the null-test signal [Formula: see text] vanishes. Variation of the cross section [Formula: see text] due to strong hadronic and Coulomb interaction is studied and its energy dependence is calculated in the GeV region.