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Limits on the low energy antinucleon-nucleus annihilations from the Heisenberg principle

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-06 v1

Abstract

We show that the quantum uncertainty principle puts some limits on the effectiveness of the antinucleon-nucleus annihilation at very low energies. This is caused by the fact that the realization a very effective short-distance reaction process implies information on the relative distance of the reacting particles. Some quantitative predictions are possible on this ground, including the approximate A-independence of antinucleon-nucleus annihilation rates.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0003006,
  title  = {Limits on the low energy antinucleon-nucleus annihilations from the Heisenberg principle},
  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/0003006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, no figures