Analytic treatment of multistep processes in hadron-nucleus scattering

Abstract

Multistep contributions to elastic and inelastic scattering of intermediate energy hadrons from collective nuclei are treated analytically to all orders. Exploiting the eikonal formalism and nuclear geometry, we obtain closed form expressions for the relevant amplitudes without the need for coupled channels. Agreement with experiment, where available, is excellent, and interesting predictions are made for large momentum transfer experiments and "poor" energy resolution.