Strong absorption approximation for elastic and inelastic scattering of 800 MeV/c K mesons from nuclei

Journal Article · Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Bulletin of the American Physical Society

OSTI ID:243802

Scura, M A; Choudhury, D C ^[1]

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1. Polytechnic Univ., Brooklyn, NY (United States)

Elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections of 800 MeV/c K Mesons are calculated within the frame-work of partial wave expansions in the adiabatic approximation. In the formulation of the problem the authors have assumed that the interior of the nucleus is approximately black to the high energy K Mesons because of the strong interaction and high nuclear matter density. Consequently, the contributions to both elastic and inelastic scattering with the low lying collective states are assumed to be mostly due to K Mesons transmitted through the region of the nuclear surface. It is therefore mainly the geometrical structure of the target nucleus that determines the scattering cross sections in this approximation. The details of the theoretical formulation and the comparison of the calculated angular distributions for the scattering cross sections with those of the experimental data will be presented.

• OSTI ID: 243802
• Report Number(s): CONF-9304297--
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Physical Society Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 38; ISSN 0003-0503; ISSN BAPSA6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
CROSS SECTIONS
INELASTIC SCATTERING
KAON REACTIONS
MEV RANGE 100-1000
NUCLEI