Final-State Effects on Thermal-Neutron Scattering at High-Energy Transfer

Gersch, H.A.; Rodriguez, L.J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.8.905

Final-State Effects on Thermal-Neutron Scattering at High-Energy Transfer

H.A. Gersch
(
- Georgia Tech
)
,
L.J. Rodriguez
(
- Georgia Tech
)

Aug, 1973

7 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.A 8 (1973) 905-912

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevA.8.905

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Abstract: (APS)

An approximation is developed for nuclear scattering of neutrons from a target of spinless particles of a single isotope. It has the correct limit for large momentum transfer, the impulse approximation, and is calculable in practice if the single-particle momentum distribution, the off-diagonal two-particle density matrix, and the two-body interaction potential of the target atoms are known. An intended application of the theory is to neutron scattering from liquid helium in the moderately-high momentum-transfer region (k→≈15 Å−1) presently accessible with reactor neutrons.

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