Effect of the Nuclear Electric Field on the Elastic Scattering of Deuterons

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Abstract
The asymmetric action of the nuclear electric field on the deuteron is found to strongly affect the elastic scattering cross section on medium and heavy nuclei. Expressions for the scattering amplitude are found in the first and second Born approximations and in the adiabatic approximation. In the latter case the expression is evaluated and compared with experiment, giving rough agreement in magnitude, but not in shape, with deviations from Rutherford scattering found at low energies on medium and heavy nuclei.