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Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Mar 25;88(12):122302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.122302. Epub 2002 Mar 12.

Suppression of soft nuclear bremsstrahlung in proton-nucleus collisions.

Physical review letters

M J van Goethem, L Aphecetche, J C S Bacelar, H Delagrange, J Díaz, D d'Enterria, M Hoefman, R Holzmann, H Huisman, N Kalantar-Nayestanaki, A Kugler, H Löhner, G Martínez, J G Messchendorp, R W Ostendorf, S Schadmand, R H Siemssen, R S Simon, Y Schutz, R Turrisi, M Volkerts, V Wagner, H W Wilschut

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  1. Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Zernikelaan 25, NL-9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 11909450 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.122302

Abstract

Photon energy spectra up to the kinematic limit have been measured in 190 MeV proton reactions with light and heavy nuclei to investigate the influence of the multiple-scattering process on the photon production. Relative to the predictions of models based on a quasifree production mechanism, a strong suppression of bremsstrahlung is observed in the low-energy region of the photon spectrum. We attribute this effect to the interference of photon amplitudes due to multiple scattering of nucleons in the nuclear medium.

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