Relationship between Gamow-Teller Transition Probabilities and (<span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi> </mi><mi>n</mi></math></span>) Cross Sections at Small Momentum Transfers

J. W. Watson; W. Pairsuwan; B. D. Anderson; A. R. Baldwin; B. S. Flanders; R. Madey; R. J. McCarthy; B. A. Brown; B. H. Wildenthal; C. C. Foster

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.1369

Relationship between Gamow-Teller Transition Probabilities and ( $p, n$ ) Cross Sections at Small Momentum Transfers

J. W. Watson, W. Pairsuwan, B. D. Anderson, A. R. Baldwin, B. S. Flanders, R. Madey, R. J. McCarthy, B. A. Brown, B. H. Wildenthal, and C. C. Foster

Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1369 – Published 23 September 1985

Abstract

Gamow-Teller transition probabilities are extracted for eight nuclei with masses between $A = 13 and 39$ from medium-energy ( $p, n$ ) reactions via the distorted-wave impulse approximation, and compared with experimental $β$ -decay and with free-nucleon transition probabilities. These comparisons indicate strongly that the renormalization of the Gamow-Teller operator needed for ( $p, n$ ) reactions on finite nuclei is different from that needed for $β$ decay.