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Microscopic approach to pion-nucleus dynamics

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)
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  1. Center for Theoretical Physics and Physics Department, Texas A M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Elastic scattering of pions from finite nuclei is investigated utilizing a contemporary, momentum-space first-order optical potential combined with microscopic estimates of second-order corrections. The calculation of the first-order potential includes (1) full Fermi-averaging integration including the [Delta] propagation and the intrinsic nonlocalities in the [pi]-[ital N] amplitude, (2) covariant kinematics, (3) invariant amplitudes, and (4) a finite-range off-shell pion-nucleon model which contains the nucleon-pole term. The [Delta] nucleus interaction is included via the mean spectral-energy approximation. This approach produces a convergent perturbation theory in which the Pauli corrections (treated as a second-order term) cancel remarkably against the pion true-absorption terms. Parameter-free results, including the [Delta]-nucleus shell-model potential, Pauli corrections, pion true absorption, and short-range correlations, are presented.

OSTI ID:
7119045
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States) Vol. 47:1; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English