Momentum wave functions, 1982 (Adelaide, Australia)

The elucidation of atomic, molecular, and nuclear structure from the study of single particle momentum distributions is a fundamental and potentially powerful tool in both chemistry and physics. These studies are carried out experimentally with knockout reactions: (e,2e), Compton scattering and positron annihilation in atomic and molecular physics; (p,2p), (p,pn), (γ,p), (e,e'p) and (e,e'n) in nuclear physics. In addition, in nuclear physics reactions such as (p,pα) or (α,2α) permit studies of multi-particle cluster momentum distributions. Some of these processes were discussed at the first Workshop on Momentum Wave Functions in Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Systems held in 1976 at Indiana University, and a highly successful exchange of information took place between nuclear physicists, atomic and molecular physicists and chemists. Since then both experimental and theoretical research has delineated the conditions under which structure information can be obtained from knockout processes and a large amount of new information has been accumulated