Abstract
The elastic scattering of positive kaons from , , , and is calculated with a theoretical momentum space optical potential. The theory includes nuclear spin, nucleon recoil and binding, a Lorentz invariant angle transformation, realistic nuclear form factors for the proton and neutron matter and spin distributions, and a kaon-nucleon matrix with off-shell behavior based on a separable potential model. Differential and total cross sections, polarizations, and isotopic ratios are examined for kaon energies from 0.4 to 1 GeV and compared with results from pion and electron scattering.
NUCLEAR REACTIONS (,), (,), (,), (,), (,); MeV; and ; theoretical calculation, momentum space optical potential; spin effects, binding, recoil, angle transformation; compare with data.
- Received 20 April 1981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.24.1120
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