Perturbative chiral nucleon-nucleon potential for the $^3P_0$ partial wave

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We study perturbativeness of chiral nuclear forces in the $^3P_0$ channel.

• In previous works, the focus has been on one-pion exchange, and the applicable window of perturbative pion exchanges has been shown to span from threshold to the center-of-mass momentum $k \simeq$ 180 MeV.
• We will examine, instead, whether cancellation of short and long-range parts can sufficiently soften the $^3P_0$ chiral force to make it more amenable to perturbation theory.
• The result is encouraging, as the combined $^3P_0$ force is shown to be perturbative up to $k \simeq$ 280 MeV, covering many nuclear-structure calculations.