Rainbow scattering in nuclear collisions

Journal Article · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6171069

Berezhnoi-breve, Y A; Kuznichenko, A V; Onishchenko, G M; Pilipenko, V V

The evolution of ideas about the rainbow phenomenon resulting from the refraction and reflection of light in water drops is briefly reviewed. The rainbow scattering of particles in quantum mechanics is treated on the basis of the semiclassical approximation, and the nuclear and Coulomb ''rainbows'' are discussed. Rainbow scattering of light ions by nuclei at energies Eapprox. >25--30 MeV/nucleon is considered. The results of theoretical analysis of experimental data on rainbow scattering are presented. The behavior of the nuclear part of the scattering phase shift deduced from experiment is discussed. The manifestation of rainbow scattering in quasielastic nuclear processes is considered.

• Research Organization: A. M. Gorki State University, Kharkov
• OSTI ID: 6171069
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Particles Nucl. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 18:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
LIGHT IONS
QUASI-ELASTIC SCATTERING
PHASE SHIFT
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION
CHARGED PARTICLES
DIRECT REACTIONS
IONS
MECHANICS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
QUASI-FREE REACTIONS
SCATTERING
653003* - Nuclear Theory- Nuclear Reactions & Scattering