DISPERSIVE EFFECTS IN PION NUCLEUS SCATTERING

1985
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 32 (1985) 940-948

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Abstract: (APS)
The influence of dispersive, medium effects on pion-nucleus elastic scattering is investigated in a simple model. The pion-nucleus interaction in the impulse approximation is represented by an optical potential whose form is motivated by field-theoretic considerations and the properties of the Δ33 resonance. The intermediate Δ33 spectrum is described by a mean spectral energy, Ems, where the shift Ems represents the average of the Δ33-nucleus mean field, UΔ, over the nucleon and pion wave functions. We calculate the real part of Ems as a function of mass number A and pion energy ω, assuming that UΔ is numerically the same as the nucleon-nucleus shell-model potential. We compare our theory to more conventional ones, showing that the mean spectral energy is an important correction for pion-nucleus elastic scattering.
  • PI NUCLEUS: ELASTIC SCATTERING
  • ELASTIC SCATTERING: PI NUCLEUS
  • POTENTIAL: OPTICAL
  • APPROXIMATION: IMPULSE
  • DELTA(1232): PROPAGATOR
  • ENERGY SPECTRUM
  • APPROXIMATION: MEAN FIELD
  • EFFECT: DISPERSION
  • DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION: ANGULAR DEPENDENCE
  • ANGULAR DEPENDENCE: DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION