Abstract
The plane wave impulse approximation (PWIA) is assessed for meson inelastic scattering from by comparison with distorted wave impulse approximation (DWIA) calculations. The -nucleus distortions are directly determined from phenomenological -nucleon amplitudes. For MeV, use of plane waves enhances the DWIA cross section less than 50%, an effect size comparable to distorted wave calculations with different sets of -nucleon amplitudes.
NUCLEAR REACTIONS kaon-nucleus inelastic scattering. KMT, DWIA, and PWIA. Calculated for . Investigation of distortion effects.
- Received 22 May 1978
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.18.1941
©1978 American Physical Society