Abstract
We investigate the general features of meson interactions with nucleons and nuclei. A first-order optical potential is constructed, and used to predict total elastic and reaction cross sections on typical nuclei in the low-energy domain ( MeV/c). The sensitivity of these cross sections to changes in the nuclear radius and surface thickness is explored. Comparisons with the available -emulsion data are made. We emphasize that a low-energy is the only available strongly interacting hadron which is weakly absorbed in nuclei (mean free path ≅ 7 fm). This makes it an appealingly simple probe for nuclear structure studies.
NUCLEAR REACTIONS -nucleus scattering; optical model; Kisslingertype potential.
- Received 27 May 1977
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.16.1087
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