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Effect of nuclear deformation on high-energy proton-nucleus scattering
Phys. Rev. D 11, 29 – Published 1 January, 1975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.11.29
Abstract
In order to determine the effect of ellipsoidal nuclear deformation on diffractive proton-nucleus scattering, an accurate computational scheme is developed, starting from the high-energy optical model. Numerical results are compared with data on -U (deformed) and -Pb (spherical) scattering at 19.3 GeV, obtained by Bellettini et al. Contrary to earlier speculations, it is concluded that the deformation effect is barely visible in this experiment. Multiple Coulomb scattering produces a more dramatic blurring of the data than the intrinsic contribution of nuclear shape.
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