Abstract
A measurement of the vacuum polarization potential in nonrelativistic elastic heavy-ion scattering is suggested. We find that in a typical sub- Coulomb barrier event enough momentum is transferred from the projectile to the target nucleus to make the high-q2 behavior of the photon propagator observable. The elastic cross section is increased in a typical case by 2.5% above the Rutherford value. Only relative measurements are needed. [NUCLEAR REACTIONS Pb208(O16, O16). Calculated vacuum polarization effect, sub-Coulomb, DWBA.]
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1756-1759 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review C |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1974 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics