High energy nucleus-nucleus collisions with accounting for Coulomb interaction

TL;DR

This paper calculates elastic scattering cross sections for specific nuclei using complete Glauber theory, highlighting the significant impact of Coulomb interaction especially at diffractive minima, and showing differences from simpler approximations.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive calculation method that includes Coulomb and form factor effects in nucleus-nucleus scattering within Glauber theory.

Findings

Coulomb interaction significantly affects diffractive minima.

Complete calculations differ notably from Born approximation results.

Coulomb effects are crucial for accurate elastic scattering predictions.

Abstract

The differential elastic cross sections of $^{12}$C - $^{12}$C, $^{16}$O - $^{16}$O and $^{20}$Ne - $^{20}$Ne nuclei scattering are calculated in the complete Glauber theory with the account of the modification due to Coulomb interaction and form factor effects. The role of the Coulomb interaction is shown to be significant mainly in the diffractive minima. The results of the complete Coulomb calculations are noticeably different from those obtained in the Born approximation.