Nuclear-rainbow scattering and nucleus-nucleus potentials at short distances

The elastic scattering of strongly bound nuclei at energies of 10 to 70 MeV per nucleon shows the phenomenon of “rainbow scattering.” A nuclear rainbow appears because of deflection to negative angles. This process involves a strong overlap of nuclear densities, with values of up to twice the saturation density of nuclear matter. The ¹⁶O+¹⁶O system is studied with a high precision over a wide energy range from 7 to 70 MeV per nucleon in several laboratories. Primary Airy maxima and higher order Airy structures are observed. At all energies, excellent fits are obtained with deep potentials as deduced from the double-folding model involving a nucleon-nucleon interaction weakly dependent on the density. It is shown that Pauli blocking expected at low energies is strongly reduced if the local momenta are calculated self-consistently. Systematics confirms a refractive origin of large-angle scattering, at low energies inclusive. Thus, nuclear-rainbow scattering yields unique information about the properties of cold nuclear matter at higher densities.     

Surface plasmon excitation at a Au surface by 150-40,000 eV electrons

Spectra of electrons with energies between 5 and 40 keV reflected from a homogeneous Au surface have been measured and analyzed to give the normalized distribution of energy losses in a single surface and volume excitation, as well as the total probability for excitation of surface plasmons. The resulting single scattering loss distributions compare excellently in (absolute units) with data from previous work taken at lower energies (150-3400 eV). An empirical relationship is derived for the total surface excitation probability as a function of the energy. For high energies the surface scattering zone represents only a small fraction of a typical electron trajectory and hence interference effects should be small at these energies. Since we find that both the energy dependence of the surface plasmon excitation probability and the shape of the single scattering loss distributions are the same at high and low electron energies, we conclude that there is no evidence for interference effects in the entire energy range studied.     

The utility of resonant soft x-ray scattering and reflectivity for the nanoscale characterization of polymers

The utility of resonant soft x-ray scattering (RSoXS) and reflectivity (RSoXR) is extended and exemplified through the characterization of thin films of polymers relevant to organic solar cells and of dilute polymer solutions. RSoXS and RSoXR are methods that utilize anomalous scattering principles at soft x-ray energies. Soft X-rays cover the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen absorption edges, elements very relevant for polymers and colloids. The rapid changes of optical properties near these absorption edges provide selectivity to specific moieties and high contrast. RSoXR is shown to be a powerful tool for the characterization of bilayers of conducting polymers. The RSoXR results point to an interesting strategy that will allow the chemical interdiffusion and physical roughness at a buried polymer/polymer interface to be determined independently. The high scattering cross sections also allows the investigation of thin films of conjugated polymer blends in transmission at thicknesses for which hard X-rays or neutrons would yield relatively little scattering. By scattering at photon energies that provide strong scattering contrast, even very dilute polymeric solutions yield a useable signal.     

Gravitational scattering in the ADD model at high and low energies

Gravitational scattering in the ADD model is considered at both sub- and transplanckian energies using a common formalism. By keeping a physical cut-off in the KK tower associated with virtual KK exchange, such as the cut-off implied by a finite brane width, troublesome divergences are removed from the calculations in both energy ranges. The scattering behavior depends on three different energy scales: the fundamental Planck mass, the collision energy and the inverse brane width. The result for energies low compared to the effective cut-off (inverse brane width) is a contact-like interaction. At high energies the gravitational scattering associated with the extra dimensional version of Newton’s law is recovered.     

自发破缺规范理论中的光子-光子散射

本文在SU(2)_L×U(1)模型里研究中间态的W介子对光子-光子散射的贡献。由于自发破缺规范理论的可重整化性以及自发破缺以后电磁规范不变性仍成立,在单迴路近似下,光子-光子散射幅中的无穷大必然互相抵消。本文用具体计算说明这一点,并且在低能近似下给出电磁场的等效非线性相互作用拉格朗日量和散射截面。在低能近似下,轻子中间态对散射的贡献为主,然而在高能极限下,W介子中间态的贡献将变得可以和轻子中间态的贡献相比较。     

Die Streuung von Deuteronen an Deuteronen unter Berücksichtigung ihrer gegenseitigen Verzerrung

The elastic scattering of deuterons in deuterium has so far only been treated in Born approximation, at rather high energies. In the present paper the authors derive integro-differential equations to deal with the scattering phenomenon at low energies of a few MeV. The mutual distortion of the two deuterons at close distance turns out to have a large influence on the angular distribution. A simple and plausible assumption has been made, concerning this distortion, and the results have been compared with experiment for two energies.     

Symmetrization of the Glauber amplitude in the rigid nucleus approximation for nucleus-nucleus scattering at high energies

The virtual excitations in the elastic nucleus-nucleus scattering at high energies being taken into the account, a symmetrization of the Glauber amplitude is achieved in the framework of the rigid nucleus approximation. The differential and total cross section obtained at different energies in this symmetric amplitude approximation are compared with experimental data and with results obtained through other models.     

High Energy Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering in Reggeon-Pomeron Exchange Model

We initially propose a Reggeon-Pomeron exchange model to describe proton-proton elastic scattering at high energies in this short paper. A calculation for total cross section of proton-proton elastic scattering at high energies is performed without any free parameters. Our new finding from this work is that the Reggeon-Pomeron model gives a perfect fit to experimental data of the total cross section at the whole energy region where experimental data exist.     

Energy dependence of heavy ion collisions 4He + 12C and 12C + 12C elastic scattering

We have studied the transparency of heavy ion collisions at high energies by using Glauber's multiple scattering theory. The good agreement between our calculation and the existing data available strongly emphasizes the dominance of the nucleon-nucleon interaction in nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies.     

New Thoughts about an Old Eikonal Problem

Two different methods of approach, currently under investigation, are suggested for calculating the eikonal function corresponding to quark-quark scattering at very high energies and small momentum transfers. These methods illustrate the realistic, dynamical complexities inherent in QCD scattering problems.     

Unitarity and the BFKL pomeron

High energy onium-onium scattering is calculated as a function of impact parameter in the one- and two-pomeron exchange approximation. Difficulties with using the multiple scattering series to unitarize single pomeron exchange at high energy are noted. An operator formalism which sums all numbers of pomeron exchange is given. A toy model which has a similar operator structure at high energy as QCD is presented and the S-matrix is evaluated. Estimates of the energies and impact parameters at which blackness occurs in onium-onium scattering are given. It is emphasized that the problem of unitarity in high energy onium-onium scattering can be solved in a purely perturbative context, with a non-running coupling if the onium is heavy enough.     

Measurement of electron swarm coefficients in C2F4-Xe and evidence of Penning ionization in C2F4-Ar

In this work, the coupled-channel optical method (CCOM) is implemented in a study of positron-rubidium (Rb) scattering at intermediate and high energies. The CCOM provides a realistic calculation for positron-atom scattering where the ab-initio optical potential accounts for the omitted continuum effect in the scattering system. The integral, positronium (Ps) formation and total cross sections are compared to experimental and other theoretical data where available.     

Coulomb scattering in the eikonal approximation

We derive a new expression for the eikonal approximation of the nuclear Coulomb scattering amplitude. Our expression should be particularly useful for the treatment of Coulomb scattering in hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus scattering at high and intermediate energies.     

Complete calculation of electroweak corrections for polarized Møller scattering at high energies

A complete calculation of electroweak radiative corrections to observables of polarized Møller scattering at high energies was performed. This calculation took explicitly into account contributions caused by hard bremsstrahlung. A FORTRAN code that permitted including radiative corrections to high-energy Møller scattering under arbitrary electron-detection conditions was written. It was shown that the electroweak corrections caused by hard bremsstrahlung were rather strongly dependent on the choice of experimental cuts and changed substantially the polarization asymmetry in the region of high energies and over a broad interval of scattering angles.     

Monte Carlo calculation of electron spectra produced in water phantoms by 20 keV-1 GeV photons

Abstract

A Monte Carlo calculation for the energy spectra of electrons and positrons produced in infinite and semiinfinite water phantoms by photons ranging in energies from 20 keV to 1 GeV are presented. The dominant processes considered are the photoelectric effect, Auger effect, Compton effect, pair, and triplet production. Bremsstrahlung produced by electrons and positrons with energies greater than 1 MeV is also included. The effect of multiple Compton scattering, not considered in the earlier calculation, for the infinite phantom for photon energies higher than 2 MeV has been incorporated. For a semi-infinite phantom, multiple Compton scattering and backscattering through the top are considered. The results are compared with the earlier calculations for the first-collision spectrum. It is found that the inclusion of multiple Compton scattering significantly increases the average number of electrons/cm³ per photon/cm² at all energies considered whereas bremsstrahlung reduces the number of high energy electrons and produces more low energy electrons in the spectrum.     

Collider physics at high energies and low luminosities

While very high acceleration gradients are expected in novel accelerating schemes such as those discussed by IZEST, generating high luminosities will be extremely challenging and will likely require a separate technology revolution. It is important to determine if a low-luminosity but high energy collider would have serious interest from a particle physics perspective. We consider a process involving physics beyond the Standard Model that would be detectable at high energies without requiring the types of luminosities normally quoted for future colliders, “classicalization”. In this example, scattering cross sections grow with a power of the center-of-mass energy, thereby reducing the luminosity requirement at high energies. Another process discussed is deep-inelastic-scattering of electrons on protons, where a precision measurement of the energy dependence of the scattering cross section could yield information about physics processes at much higher scales.     

Magnetic field induced incommensurate resonance in cuprate superconductors

The influence of a uniform external magnetic field on the dynamical spin response of cuprate superconductors in the superconducting state is studied based on the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism. It is shown that the magnetic scattering around low and intermediate energies is dramatically changed with a modest external magnetic field. With increasing the external magnetic field, although the incommensurate magnetic scattering from both low and high energies is rather robust, the commensurate magnetic resonance scattering peak is broadened. The part of the spin excitation dispersion seems to be an hourglass-like dispersion, which breaks down at the heavily low energy regime. The theory also predicts that the commensurate resonance scattering at zero external magnetic field is induced into the incommensurate resonance scattering by applying an external magnetic field large enough.     

The Extraction of Neutron Target Cross Sections from Reactions on Deuterium

The theory of scattering and production reactions on deuterium is developed with a view to the extraction of neutron target amplitudes from analysis of deuterium experiments. Corrections to the spectator model due to the following effects are examined: target particle binding corrections to the Impulse Approximation; (ii) the Pauli principle in charge exchange reactions; (iii) internal or „Fermi”︁ motion of the target particles; (iv) multiple scattering and final state interactions. The closure approximation and the general analysis of single-arm spectrometer experiments are discussed. The connection at high energies and small momentum transfers between the general Watson Theory and the Glauber model is established, and the results of calculations of deuterium corrections for pion and rho photoproduction at high energies are reviewed. “Fresnel” and recoil corrections to Glauber theory are examined. An approximation scheme suitable to the analysis of high energy wide angle coincidence or bubble chamber experiments is developed. A special examination is made of the breakdown of the impulse approximation in the 3-3 resonance region, and of the applicability of lowest order binding and in multiple scattering corrections in this sensitive kinematical region.     

High energy hadron spin flip amplitude

The high energy part of the hadron spin flip amplitude is examined in the framework of the new high energy general structure (HEGS) model of the elastic hadron scattering at high energies. The different forms of the hadron spin flip amplitude are compared in the impact parameters representation. It is shown that the existing experimental data of the proton-proton and proton-antiproton elastic scattering at high energy in the region of the diffraction minimum and at large momentum transfer give support in the presence of the energy-independent part of the hadron spin flip amplitude with the momentum dependence proposed in the works by Galynskii–Kuraev.