Thesis (MSc (Physics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / In this thesis we present a relativistic formalism for the description of hypernuclei production via
the weak interaction. It will be shown that the cross section can be written as the contraction of
a leptonic and hadronic tensor if we model the interaction as a quasifree process. The hadronic
tensor is written in a model-independent way in terms of thirteen nuclear structure functions.
A Born term model is used to describe the underlying elementary hyperon production process.
The bound state wave functions of the hyperon and nucleon are calculated within a relativistic
mean-field approximation. Together with the relativistic kinematics a fully relativistic framework
for experimental predictions is constructed and a specific cross section calculation is discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2550 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Van Niekerk, David Douglas |
| Contributors | Van der Ventel. B. I. S., Hillhouse, G. C., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Physics. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 580925 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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