Polarization in High-Energy Elastic Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering

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Abstract
The proposal to explain the comparatively large polarization observed in high-energy elastic proton-nucleus scattering by means of the spin-orbit interaction used in the shell model of the nucleus is examined. Three simple examples are considered in first Born approximation. The approximate magnitude and the approximate location of the maximum polarization for 340-Mev nucleons on carbon is in rough agreement with experiment. However, regions of negative polarization also seem to be predicted by the theory. Finally, an approximate method to calculate the polarization for high energy and small scattering angle is suggested.