Nuclear Bremsstrahlung

Abstract

A formalism is developed in which the nuclear potential is explicitly worked into the radiation matrix-elements. The result is an expansion of the ordinary matrix element in a power series. In each term of this series occurs explicitly the potential between the scattered particles. With these expressions the bremsstrahlung of n-He4 scattering is calculated if the nuclear potential is assumed to be a square well. Furthermore the bremsstrahlung of n-p-scattering is studied for two kinds of interaction: (a) square well, (b) square well plus ore. If the parameters of these potentials are chosen so that they give the same scattering length and effective range, there remains only a small difference in the bremsstrahlung cross section for the two types of potentials (some few percent). The shapes of the bremsstrahlung spectrum are equal in both cases. Some structure in the shape occurs at the virgual bound state of the s-wave. It seems that nuclear bremsstrahlung can be measured.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0409618

Entities

People

  • Walter Greiner

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bremsstrahlung
  • Coefficients
  • Differential Cross Sections
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • High Energy
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Phase Shift
  • Plane Waves
  • Power Series
  • Proton Scattering
  • Quantum Properties
  • Radiation
  • Relative Motion
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Wave Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.