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A particle-hole calculation for pion production in relativistic heavy-ion collisionsA differential cross section for pi-meson production in peripheral heavy-ion collisions is formulated within the context of a particle-hole model in the Tamm-Dancoff approximation. This is the first attempt at a fully quantum-mechanical particle-hole calculation for pion production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The particular reaction studied is an O-16 projectile colliding with a C-12 target at rest. In the projectile a linear combination of isobar-hole states is formed, with the possibility of a coherent isobar giant resonance. The target can be excited to its giant M1 resonance (J-pi = 1(+), T = 1) at 15.11 MeV, or to its isobar analog neighbors, B-12 at 13.4 MeV and N-12 at 17.5 MeV. The theory is compared to recent experimental results.
Document ID
19850053897
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Norbury, J. W.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA; Idaho, University, Moscow, ID, United States)
Deutchman, P. A.
(Idaho, University Moscow, ID, United States)
Townsend, L. W.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Nuclear Physics
Volume: A433
Subject Category
Nuclear And High-Energy Physics
Accession Number
85A36048
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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