arXiv · nucl-th/9312003
Relativistic versus Nonrelativistic Optical Potentials in A(e,e'p)B Reactions
Abstract
We investigate the role of relativistic and nonrelativistic optical potentials used in the analysis of ($e,e'p$) data. We find that the relativistic calculations produce smaller ($e,e'p$) cross sections even in the case in which both relativistic and nonrelativistic optical potentials fit equally well the elastic proton--nucleus scattering data. Compared to the nonrelativistic impulse approximation, this effect is due to a depletion in the nuclear interior of the relativistic nucleon current, which should be taken into account in the nonrelativistic treatment by a proper redefinition of the effective current operator.
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J. M. Udias, P. Sarriguren, E. Moya de Guerra, E. Garrido, J. A. Caballero. 1995-04-27. Relativistic versus Nonrelativistic Optical Potentials in A(e,e'p)B Reactions. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.51.3246
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