A quantum Monte Carlo based approach to intranuclear cascades
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2021-02-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We propose a novel approach to intranuclear cascades which takes as input quantum MonteCarlo nuclear configurations and uses a semi-classical, impact-parameter based algorithm to modelthe propagation of protons and neutrons in the nuclear medium. We successfully compare oursimulations to available proton-carbon scattering data and nuclear-transparency measurements. Byanalyzing the dependence of the simulated observables upon the ingredients entering our intranuclearcascade algorithm, we provide a quantitative understanding of their impact. Particular emphasisis devoted to the role played by nuclear correlations, the Pauli exclusion principle, and interactionprobability distributions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2007.15570,
title = {A quantum Monte Carlo based approach to intranuclear cascades},
author = {Joshua Isaacson and William I. Jay and Alessandro Lovato and Pedro A. N. Machado and Noemi Rocco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.15570},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
14 pages, 10 figures