Scaling of differential cross section ratios in inelastic (p, p′) reaction with nuclei at 1 GeV

Abstract

The differential cross sections of the (p, p′) inelastic reaction on nuclei ¹²C, ²⁸Si, ⁴⁰Ca, and ⁵⁶Fe at the initial proton energy of 1 GeV were measured over a wide range of the scattered proton momenta at a laboratory angle of Θ = 21°. Scattered protons were detected by means of the magnetic spectrometer equipped with a polarimeter based on multiwire proportional chambers. Momentum intervals were observed in which the ratios of the scattering cross sections off the nuclei do not depend on the scattered proton momentum (i.e., scaling).