Measurements of the spin correlation parameters Axx and Ayy for p-p scattering at 46.9 MeV

The A_xx and A_yy spin correlation coefficients of proton-proton scattering have been measured at E_lab = 46.9 MeV and θ_c.m. = 90° with the same experimental techniques already used at Saclay from 11 to 26 MeV and at Grenoble at 37.2 MeV. For A_xx the deviation from the predictions of the energy-dependent phase-shifts analysis of Livermore is significant (≈ 3.7 standard deviations) but not as large as for the 47.5 MeV Tokyo measurement. For A_yy the agreement is very good.