Determination of Strong-Interaction Nuclear Radii

H. Alvensleben; U. Becker; William K. Bertram; M. Chen; K. J. Cohen; T. M. Knasel; R. Marshall; D. J. Quinn; M. Rohde; G. H. Sanders; H. Schubel; Samuel C. C. Ting

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.24.792

Determination of Strong-Interaction Nuclear Radii

H. Alvensleben, U. Becker, William K. Bertram, M. Chen, K. J. Cohen, T. M. Knasel, R. Marshall, D. J. Quinn, M. Rohde, G. H. Sanders, H. Schubel, and Samuel C. C. Ting

Phys. Rev. Lett. 24, 792 – Published 6 April 1970

Abstract

We present results on the determination of a set of strong-interaction nuclear radii using the photoproduction of neutral rho mesons. Analysis of $10^{6}$ events from 13 complex nuclei yields the Woods-Saxon radii $R (A) = (1.12 \pm 0.02) A^{\frac{1}{3}}$ fm.

Received 27 February 1970

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.24.792

Authors & Affiliations

H. Alvensleben, U. Becker, William K. Bertram, M. Chen, K. J. Cohen, T. M. Knasel, R. Marshall, D. J. Quinn, M. Rohde, G. H. Sanders, H. Schubel, and Samuel C. C. Ting

Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany, and Department of Physics and Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139