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Space-time study of double scattering in hadron deuteron collisions

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6486237
A space-time picture of double scattering in the deuteron (those events where both the neutron and proton interact with the incoming hadron) is developed. We work in the deuteron rest frame using the assumption that processes involving large virtual masses are damped. For the general case, the process is shown to consist of sequential scatterings, while for large momenta, we may, due to Lorentz contraction, neglect the separation between neutron and proton, and the Abramovskii, Gribov, and Kancheli cutting rules are derived. We then model the process with the Mandelstam diagram and verify the previous results by explicit calculation. A numerical estimate is then made of the size of the effect and a comparison with experimental data is made.
Research Organization:
Washington Univ., Seattle (USA)
OSTI ID:
6486237
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English