Medium modified nucleon-nucleon cross sections in a nucleus.

R K Tripathi; F A Cucinotta; J W Wilson

doi:10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00181-0

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Medium modified nucleon-nucleon cross sections in a nucleus.

R K Tripathi·F A Cucinotta·J W Wilson

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A simple reliable formalism is presented for obtaining nucleon-nucleon cross sections within a nucleus in nuclear collisions for a given projectile and target nucleus combination at a given energy for use in transport, Monte Carlo and other calculations. The method relies on extraction of these values from experiments and has been tested for absorption experiments to give excellent results.

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R K Tripathi, F A Cucinotta, J W Wilson. 1999. Medium modified nucleon-nucleon cross sections in a nucleus.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-583x(99)00181-0

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