Abstract
The momentum distributions of atoms in condensed matter can be determined by neutron inelastic scattering experiments if the momentum transfer is large enough for the scattering to be described by the impulse approximation. This is strictly true only in the limit and, in practice, the experimentally determined momentum distributions are distored by final-state interactions by an amount that is typically 2% to 8%. In this paper we develop a self-consistent method for correcting for the effect of these final-state-interaction effects. We also discuss the Bjorken-scaling and -scaling properties of the thermal-neutron scattering cross section and demonstrate, in particular, the usefulness of scaling as an experimental test for the presence of residual final-state interactions.
- Received 20 January 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.30.44
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