Inelastic Proton Scattering at 800 MeV to the <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">C</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>12</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> 15.11-MeV State: A Search for Nuclear Critical Opalescence

M. Haji-Saeid; C. Glashausser; G. Igo; W. Cornelius; M. Gazzaly; F. Irom; J. McClelland; J. M. Moss; G. Pauletta; H. A. Thiessen; C. A. Whitten, Jr

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.880

Inelastic Proton Scattering at 800 MeV to the ${}^{12}C$ 15.11-MeV State: A Search for Nuclear Critical Opalescence

M. Haji-Saeid, C. Glashausser, G. Igo, W. Cornelius, M. Gazzaly, F. Irom, J. McClelland, J. M. Moss, G. Pauletta, H. A. Thiessen, and C. A. Whitten, Jr.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 880 – Published 15 September 1980

Abstract

The differential cross section for the reaction ${}^{12}C$ ( $p$ , $p^{'}$ ) ${}^{12}C$ * (15.11 MeV, $1^{+}$ , $T = 1$ ) has been measured at 800 MeV; the range of the angular distribution corresponds to momentum transfers of 0.7-2.4 ${fm}^{- 1}$ [ $(1 - 3.3) m_{π}$ ]. The cross section decreases almost exponentially at large angles; no maximum is observed in the region where nuclear critical opalescence might be expected.

Received 7 July 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.880

Authors & Affiliations

M. Haji-Saeid, C. Glashausser, G. Igo, W. Cornelius, M. Gazzaly, F. Irom, J. McClelland, J. M. Moss, G. Pauletta, H. A. Thiessen, and C. A. Whitten, Jr.

University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455