Theory of the Trojan-Horse Method

Details Theory of the Trojan-Horse Method Theory of the Trojan-Horse Method

2004-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0401054v1

Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl. 154 (2004) 333-340

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

8 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1143/PTPS.154.333

The Trojan-Horse method is an indirect approach to determine the energy dependence of S factors of astrophysically relevant two-body reactions. This is accomplished by studying closely related three-body reactions under quasi-free scattering conditions. The basic theory of the Trojan-Horse method is developed starting from a post-form distorted wave Born approximation of the T-matrix element. In the surface approximation the cross section of the three-body reaction can be related to the S-matrix elements of the two-body reaction. The essential feature of the Trojan-Horse method is the effective suppression of the Coulomb barrier at low energies for the astrophysical reaction leading to finite cross sections at the threshold of the two-body reaction. In a modified plane wave approximation the relation between the two-body and three-body cross sections becomes very transparent. Applications of the Trojan Horse Method are discussed. It is of special interest that electron screening corrections are negligible due to the high projectile energy.

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