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Pion-nucleus reactions in a microscopic transport model

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We analyse pion-nucleus reactions in a microscopic transport model of the BUU type, which propagates nucleons, pions, deltas and N(1440)-resonances explicitly in space and time. In particular we examine pion absorption and inelastic scattering cross sections for pion kinetic energies T(pi) =85-315MeV and various target masses. In general, the mass-dependence of the experimental data is well described for energies up to the delta-resonance (\approx 160 MeV) while the absorption cross sections are somewhat overestimated for the higher energies. In addition we study the possible dynamical effects of delta- and pion-potentials in the medium on various observables as well as alternative models for the in-medium delta-width.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9307008,
  title  = {Pion-nucleus reactions in a microscopic transport model},
  author = {A. Engel and W. Cassing and U. Mosel and M. Schäfer and Gy. Wolf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9307008},
  year   = {2009}
}

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31 pages, UGI-93-04

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