Airy-like patterns in heavy ion elastic scattering
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-06 v1
Abstract
A semiclassical analysis of an optical potential cross section is presented. The cross section considered is characterized by the appearance of an Airy-like pattern. This pattern is similar to that which is present in many cross sections, which fit the recent measurements of light heavy ion elastic scattering, and is considered as a manifestation of a rainbow phenomenon. The semiclassical analysis shows that, in the case considered, the oscillations arise from the interference between the contributions from two different terms of a multi-reflection expansion of the scattering function, and, therefore, cannot be associated with the rainbow phenomenon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0011007,
title = {Airy-like patterns in heavy ion elastic scattering},
author = {R. Anni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0011007},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures