Predictions of parity-non-conserving effects in nucleon-deuteron scattering

Parity-non-conserving effects in nucleon-deuteron scattering are calculated in the Faddeev approach for realistic models of the necleon-nucleon strong interaction and various components of the weak nucleon-nucleon interaction. Our results are somewhat larger than expected on the basis of previous estimates. If present calculations of parity-non-conserving effects in nuclei are reliable, they indicate that an asymmetry of about −0.8 × 10 −7 should be measured in the total proton-deuteron cross section for longitudinally polarized protons.