Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
An optical model description of momentum transfer in relativistic heavy ion collisions, based upon composite particle multiple scattering theory, is presented. The imaginary component of the complex momentum transfer, which comes from the absorptive part of the optical potential, is identified as the longitudinal momentum downshift of the projectile. Predictions of fragment momentum distribution observables are made and compared with experimental data. Use of the model as a tool for estimating collision impact parameters is discussed.
Keywords:
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Type:
Washington State Univ., Photonuclear Absorption Cross Sections; 21 p
Format:
application/pdf
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