Inclusive proton spectra and total reaction cross sections for proton-nucleus scattering at 800 MeV

Thesis/Dissertation · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6031575

McGill, J A

Current applications of multiple scattering theory to describe the elastic scattering of medium energy protons from nuclei have been shown to be quite successful in reproducing the experimental cross sections. These calculations use the impulse approximation, wherein the scattering from individual nucleons in the nucleus is described by the scattering amplitude for a free nucleon. Such an approximation restricts the inelastic channels to those initiated by nucleon-nucleon scattering. As a first step in determining the nature of p + nucleus scattering at 800 MeV, both total reaction cross sections and (p,p') inclusive cross sections were measured and compared to the free p + p cross sections. We conclude that as much as 85% of all reactions in a nucleus proceed from interactions with a single nucleon in the nucleus, and that the impulse approximation is a good starting point for a microscopic description of p + nucleus interactions at 800 MeV.

• Research Organization: Texas Univ., Austin (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6031575
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BARYON REACTIONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
ENERGY RANGE
HADRON REACTIONS
IMPULSE APPROXIMATION
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INFORMATION
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 100-1000
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PROTON REACTIONS
PROTON SPECTRA
SCATTERING
SPECTRA
THEORETICAL DATA
TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS