Nuclear transparency (original) (raw)

Nuclear transparency is the ratio of cross-sections for exclusive processes from the nuclei to those of the nucleons. If a nuclear cross-section is denoted as and free nucleon cross-section as ,then nuclear transparency can be defined as , where can be parameterized in terms of as . Therefore, transparency can be expressed as .Here, nucleon cross-section can be thought of as a hydrogen cross-section, and nuclei cross-section can be as for other targets. * v * t * e