Quasielastic K+ scattering in nuclei

Abstract

The quasielastic scattering kaon-nucleus experiment performed at BNL is analyzed in a finite nucleus continuum random phase approximation framework, treating the reaction mechanism in Glauber theory up to two-step inelastic processes. A good description of the data is achieved, also providing a useful constraint on the strength of the effective particle-hole interaction in the scalar-isoscalar channel at intermediate momentum transfers.

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figures, needs espcrc1 and epsfig; presented at the International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics, BNL October 13-18, 1997