Experimental Study of the Validity of the Glauber Theory for Nuclear Physics

Abstract
The elastic differential scattering cross section of protons on deuterons was measured for a series of incident proton momenta from 1.7 to 6.4 BeV/c. The observed scattering was compared with that predicted by the Glauber multiple-diffraction theory, out to momentum transfers of 1.0 BeV/c. Within experimental error (∼10%), the experiments and theoretical predictions are in agreement.