Inelastic Scattering from 20Ne

Abstract

Inelastic scattering of 800 MeV protons exciting states of the ground state rotation band of 20Ne is studied using large basis space, microscopic model (Hartree-Fock) wavefunctions and free two-nucleon t-matrices, one of which is based upon the Paris interaction. Results are compared with coupled channels analyses of the data made using Dirac as well as Schrodinger phenomenology. Thereby it is suggested that coupled channels effects in the reaction mechanism are essential in analysis of such higher energy reaction data.