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Title: Deuteron-deuteron elastic scattering at high energies

Journal Article · · Hadronic Journal; (United States)
OSTI ID:5194527
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  1. Univ. of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan)

The eikonal picture which has theoretical foundations in some areas of physics has been successful in explaining various aspects of elastic scattering at high energies. Chou and Yang first proposed a preliminary version of the eikonal model for hadron-hadron elastic scattering. The model is based on geometrical considerations in which hadrons are treated as extended objects. Elastic scattering then results from the propagation of attenuated wave function. By assuming that at high energies the scattering amplitude is purely imaginary and that the hadronic matter distribution is proportional to the charge distribution on protons, Durand and Lipes studied high energy pp scattering on the basis of this prestine model. Later on, the model was extended to other elastic reactions. However, a survey of literature shows that it has been successful only in the diffraction peak region. It has been shown that the pristine Chou-Yange model can explain the differential cross section for deuteron-deuteron elastic scattering at {radical}s = 53 GeV in the diffraction peak region. In order to fit the large momentum transfer data, the generalized Chou-Yang model is used.

OSTI ID:
5194527
Journal Information:
Hadronic Journal; (United States), Vol. 14:2; ISSN 0162-5519
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English