Test of time-reversal symmetry in the proton-deuteron scattering

The integrated cross section σ for a special type of double polarized proton-deuteron scattering constitutes a null test for time-invariance violating but P-parity conserving effects. Using Glauber theory for the pd elastic scattering and different types of phenomenological T-odd P-even NN-interactions we show that the contribution of the lowest mass meson exchange, i.e. the ρ-meson, to the null-test signal σ vanishes. Variation of the cross section σ due to strong hadronic and Coulomb interaction is studied and its energy dependence is calculated in the GeV region.