Instituto de Fǐsica, Universidade de São Paulo, C. Postal 20.516, São Paula, SP, Brasil;Centro Técnico Aeroespacial, Instituto de Atividades Espaciais, Divisão de Estudos Avançados, 12200-São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil
Abstract:
A detailed discussion of the optical theorem for heavy-ion scattering is given. It is pointed out that a careful application of this theorem to light heavy-ion systems may yield information about the nuclear interaction at distances corresponding to forward glory trajectories. Applications to several cases are presented.