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A phenomenological analysis of antiproton interactions at low energies

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-06 v1

Abstract

We present an optical potential analysis of the antiproton-proton interactions at low energies. Our optical potential is purely phenomenological, and has been parametrized on data recently obtained by the Obelix Collaboration at momenta below 180 MeV/c. It reasonably fits annihilation and elastic data below 600 MeV/c, and allows us for an evaluation of the elastic cross section and rho-parameter down to zero kinetic energy. Moreover we show that the mechanism that depresses antiproton-nucleus annihilation cross sections at low energies is present in antiproton-proton interactions too.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0002015,
  title  = {A phenomenological analysis of antiproton interactions at low energies},
  author = {A. Bianconi and G. Bonomi and M. P. Bussa and E. Lodi Rizzini and L. Venturelli and A. Zenoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0002015},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures