Scattering of High Energy Polarized Nucleons by Complex Nuclei

Abstract

The elastic scattering of 220 MeV polarized nucleons by carbon and calcium is studied using a new expression for the polarization. Except at small angles of scattering, substantial agreement is obtained with the results of calculations using a simplified form of the WKB method. Optical model parameters are found which are compared with those obtained by other workers for this energy region.