NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS REACTION CROSS-SECTION AT HIGH ENERGY COLLISIONS

Abstract

The nucleon-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus reaction cross-sections are calculated according to the optical model and compared to observations at high energies. The optical model is able to predict the existing experimental data on the assumptions that the effective collision cross section in nuclear matter is equal to the free N-N total collision cross section and the nucleon distribution in a nucleus is similar to its change distribution. The observed nucleonFe reaction cross section is significantly lower than the predicted value. It appears that both the observed pion-He cross section and the reaction cross section of alpha-particles in emulsion are larger than the predicted values.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0267524

Entities

People

  • G. Yekutieli
  • Grant C. B. Alexander

Organizations

  • Weizmann Institute of Science

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alpha Particles
  • Collisions
  • Emulsions
  • Energy
  • Experimental Data
  • High Energy
  • Observation
  • Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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