Faddeev calculations of proton-deuteron radiative capture with exchange currents -: art. no. 054005

pd capture processes at various energies have been analyzed based on solutions of three-nucleon (3N)-Faddeev equations and using modern NN forces. The application of the Siegert theorem is compared to the explicit use of pi- and rho -like exchange currents connected to the AV18 NN interaction. Overall good agree ment with cross sections and spin observables has been obtained but leaving room for improvement in some cases. Feasibility studies for three-nucleon forces (3NF's) consistently included in the 3N continuum and the 3N bound state have been performed as well.