Published April 12, 1982 | Version v1
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Relativity, nuclear polarizability, and screening in sub-Coulomb elastic scattering

Creators

  • 1. Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

Description

Elastic scattering of p-shell nuclear projectiles from 208Pb has been examined for deviations from Rutherford scattering. Four effects can be important: atomic screening, vacuum polarization, nuclear polarizability, and a relativistic effect of dynamical origin. The presence of atomic screening, nuclear polarizability, and the relativistic effect was observed, thus constituting the first measurement of this relativistic effect using complex nuclei and the first measurement of nuclear polarizability in an external Coulomb field

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
15
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
979-982
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14723258
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
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Descriptors DEI
COULOMB SCATTERING; ELASTIC SCATTERING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LEAD 208 TARGET; NUCLEAR SCREENING; OXYGEN 16 REACTIONS; POLARIZABILITY; RELATIVITY THEORY; RUTHERFORD SCATTERING; SHELL MODELS; VACUUM POLARIZATION
Descriptors DEC
BASIC INTERACTIONS; DATA; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; INFORMATION; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCATTERING; TARGETS