  Three-body photodisintegration of 3He is calculated in the photon energy
range 200 - 400 MeV assuming quasifree absorption on np pairs both in initial
quasideuteron and singlet configurations. The model includes the normal
nucleonic current, explicit meson exchange currents and the Delta(1232)-isobar
excitation. The total cross section is increased by a factor of about 1.5
compared with free deuteron photodisintegration. Well below and above the Delta
region also some spin observables differ significantly from the ones of free
deuteron disintegration due to the more compressed wave function of the
correlated np pairs in 3He compared to the deuteron. The initial singlet state
causes a significant change in the analyzing power Ay. These differences could
presumably be seen at the conjugate angles where two-body effects are maximized
and where photoreactions could complement similar pion absorption experiments.
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