Date of Award
Summer 1989
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Physics
Committee Director
Govind S. Khandelwal
Committee Member
Lawrence W. Townsebd
Committee Member
James L. Cox, Jr.
Abstract
An optical model description of energy and momentum transfer in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, based upon composite particle multiple scattering theory, is presented. Transverse and longitudinal momentum transfers to the projectile are shown to arise from the real and absorptive part of the optical potential, respectively. Comparisons of fragment momentum distribution observables with experiments are made and trends outlined based on our knowledge of the underlying nucleon-nucleon interaction. Corrections to the above calculations are discussed. Finally, use of the model as a tool for estimating collision impact parameters is indicated.
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DOI
10.25777/dywm-bj96
Recommended Citation
Khan, Ferdous.
"Nuclear Fragmentation Energy and Momentum Transfer Distributions in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions"
(1989). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dissertation, Physics, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/dywm-bj96
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_etds/106