Abstract
We simplify a treatment of pion distortions using a separable expansion of optical potential in momentum space. We use this method to gain insight into the role of distortions in isoelastic pion charge-exchange scattering within the framework of the isospin-invariant optical model. The method provides an analytic procedure for calculating external distortions for single- and double-charge-exchange scattering. This allows us to analyze separately the role of on- and off-shell pions in distortions for each partial wave. Results for sequential scattering at 50 MeV for the reaction C14(+, -)14 O are presented. It is shown that the external distortions give a small enhancement in forward directions and reduce the differential cross sections at large angles.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1424-1435 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Physical Review C |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics