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Medium modified two-body scattering amplitude from proton-nucleus total cross-sectionsRecently (R.K. Tripathi, J.W. Wilson, F.A. Cucinotta, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 145 (1998) 277; R.K. Tripathi, F.A. Cucinotta, J.W. Wilson, NASA-TP-1998-208438), we have extracted nucleon-nucleon (N-N) cross-sections in the medium directly from experiment. The in-medium N-N cross-sections form the basic ingredients of several heavy-ion scattering approaches including the coupled-channel approach developed at the NASA Langley Research Center. Here, we investigate the ratio of real to imaginary part of the two-body scattering amplitude in the medium. These ratios are used in combination with the in-medium N-N cross-sections to calculate total proton-nucleus cross-sections. The agreement is excellent with the available experimental data. These cross-sections are needed for the radiation risk assessment of space missions. c2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Document ID
20040088423
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Tripathi, R. K.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton VA United States)
Wilson, J. W.
Cucinotta, F. A.
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 2001
Publication Information
Publication: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms
Volume: 173
Issue: 4
ISSN: 0168-583X
Subject Category
Nuclear Physics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Discipline Radiation Health
NASA Center LaRC
NASA Center JSC

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