Abstract
Resonating group kernels for the nine-quark NNN system are used to show that the quark structure of nucleons leads to nonlocal three-body forces which are short ranged and attractive. They give a net contribution of 0.2 MeV to the three-nucleon binding energy, 0.9 MeV via quark-quark interaction terms whose effect is partially canceled by kinetic energy contributions to the exchange kernels.
- Received 29 November 1983
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.29.1586
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