Recent nucleon-nucleon scattering data and the Paris potential predictions

Abstract
New data (cross section, polarization, Wolfenstein parameters, and spin-correlations) on proton-proton and neutron-proton scattering have been recently published by differenc groups. These include high precision and/or original measurements covering the energy range 6 MeV<Tlab<800 MeV. A direct comparison of these data with the values produced by the Paris NN potential for energies Tlab<350 MeV is reported here. The agreement between theory and experiment is very satisfactory both for low and medium energies. The total χ2 for the world NN data set for Tlab<350 MeV is also reported and compared with those given by the phase shift analysis of Arndt et al. and by the phenomenological Reid soft-core potential.