Excitation of Delta Nuclear States in pi He-4 Scattering

1977
49 pages
Published in:
  • Annals Phys. 108 (1977) 116-164

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A calculation of π − — 4 He scattering in the resonance region is presented. Starting from the optical-model expansion of the multiple scattering formalism, π-nucleus scattering is shown to proceed through the excitation of Δ-nuclear states. Without using the static approximation these Δ-nuclear states are calculated for the π − — 4 He system. Our calculations thus include recoil and binding corrections to the elementary amplitude which are used to define the Hamiltonian of the intermediate Δ. Furthermore, second-order contributions arising from the Pauli correlations are taken into account and the modifications due to short-range correlations are calculated. It is shown that each partial wave amplitude in π — 4 He scattering is dominated by one “collective” Δ-h (Δ-hole) state which exhausts the transition strength to the π-nucleus states. A pole of the S -matrix can be associated to the corresponding collective Δ-h state. On the basis of this resonance description, a qualitative discussion of π — 4 He scattering is presented. The comparison with the experimental data is used to study the basic couplings of the collective modes to more complicated modes of the π — 4 He system. Special attention is paid to the coupling of the Δ-h states to purely nuclear states, i.e., to the influence of pion absorption in elastic scattering.
  • MODEL: OPTICAL
  • QUANTUM MECHANICS: SCATTERING
  • SCATTERING: QUANTUM MECHANICS
  • PI NUCLEUS: INTERACTION
  • INTERACTION: PI NUCLEUS
  • MULTIPLE SCATTERING
  • MODEL: RESONANCE SCATTERING
  • PI LIGHT NUCLEUS: ELASTIC SCATTERING
  • ELASTIC SCATTERING: PI LIGHT NUCLEUS
  • HELIUM
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