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Multiple-scattering effects in quasielastic alpha-4He scattering
F A Cucinotta1, L W Townsend, J W Wilson
1NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia 23665.
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
A multiple-scattering series for describing the quasielastic peak in nucleus-nucleus collisions is derived using the high-energy optical model. The effects of multiple knockout of target nucleons and internal excitation of the projectile are studied and found to be important for large energy loss and momentum transfers in inclusive alpha-4He scattering at 7 GeV/c. An approximate evaluation of higher-order inelastic collision terms is considered for forward-peaked wave functions and is demonstrated to be accurate.