Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

Awards/Availabilty

Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis

First Advisor

Edward Amend

Keywords

Heavy ion collisions; Neutrino interactions;

Abstract

The goal of this project was to produce a computer program to predict the cross section of relativistic heavy ion collisions between given projectile and target nuclei. An explanation of the usefulness of relativistic heavy ion collision analysis is presented. The use of the Weiszacker-Williams method of virtual quanta for enhancing reaction cross sections of this type is discussed. Quantum-mechanical corrections to the semiclassical Weiszacker-Williams method are introduced. C++ computer code has been developed to calculate both semiclassical (as a check) and quantum-mechanical cross sections for these types of reactions. Preliminary results are given for the heavy ion reaction (12C, 197Au), comparing the semiclassically generated and quantum mechanically generated cross sections with published values.

Date of Award

1997

Department

Department of Physics

Presidential Scholar Designation

A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation Presidential Scholar

Comments

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Date Original

1997

Object Description

1 PDF file (29 pages)

Date Digital

1-10-2018

Copyright

©1997 - Jack Dostal

Type

document

Language

EN

File Format

application_pdf

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