Date of Award
Spring 5-2015
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Khin Maung Maung
Advisor Department
Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Calculations for proton-nucleus scattering often rely on transition amplitudes. We implement new transition amplitudes [7] with the relativistic equations. We can find the matrix elements of the operators between the usual Dirac spinor basis or the helicity spinor basis. The operators can also be written as a linear combination of non-relativistic spin operators. To transform from one basis to another, we need to find a transformation matrix. We must establish what one of the factors that appears in the transformed expression means in order to correctly complete our transformation matrix. Once this is resolved, our transformation matrix will be complete.
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Recommended Citation
Zarske-Williamson, Kinsey Ann Elisabeth, "Relativistic and Non-Relativistic Proton-Nucleus Scattering" (2015). Honors Theses. 283.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/283