Abstract
It is possible to extract the nuclear part of the forward-scattering amplitude from small-angle proton-nucleus elastic scattering. The process is complicated in practice by the effects of experimental errors and theoretical approximations. Optical-model calculations are done, using 14.5-MeV protons on , , and , to examine the effects of these uncertainties on the determination of the nuclear forward amplitude.
- Received 20 September 1971
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.5.1572
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