Spin Observables of Nuclear Probes

The proceedings of the "International Conference on Spin Observables of Nuclear Probes" are presented in this volume. This conference was held in Telluride, Colorado, March 14-17, 1988, and was the fourth in the Telluride series of nuclear physics conferences. A continuing theme in the Telluride conference series has been the complementarity of various intermediate-energy projectiles for elucidating the nucleon-nucleon interaction and nuclear structure. Earlier conferences have contributed significantly to an understanding of spin currents in nuclei, in particular the distribution of Gamow-Teller strength using charge-exchange reactions. The previous conference on "Antinucleon and Nucleon Nucleus Interactions" compared nuclear information from tra­ tional probes to recent results from antinucleon reactions. The 1988 conference on Spin Observables of Nuclear Probes, put special emphasis on spin observables and brought together experts using spin information to probe nuclear structure. Spin observables have provided very detailed information about nuclear structure and reactions. Since the 1985 Telluride conference we have seen data from new focal plane polarimeters at LAMPF, TRIUMF, IUCF and elsewhere. In addition, spin observables provide an important common ground between electron and hadron scattering physics. In the future we look forward to new facilities such as NTOF for polarized neutron measurements at Los Alamos and a vigorous spin program at CEBAF.

Nuclear Spin Response Studies in Inelastic Polarized Proton Scattering.- Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering to the Continuum.- Relativistic Calculations for Quasi-Elastic Proton Scattering.- Spin Excitations in a Schematic Model.- Spin Observables in Electron Scattering From Nuclei.- Spin Observables in Exclusive Electron Scattering.- Relativistic Treatment of Mesonic Contributions to Quasielastic (e,e’).- The (p,2p) Reaction in the Dirac Impulse Approximation.- Spin-Observables for the $$(\vec{p},p'\gamma )$$ Reaction at 400 MeV.- Proton Induced Delta Production.- The (n,p) Reaction as a Probe of Nuclear Structure.- (p,n) Measurements Above 200 MeV and the Isovector Effective NN Interaction.- Spin-Isospin Excitations in Nuclei and (p,n) Reactions.- Isovector Spin Observables in Nuclear Charge-Exchange Reactions at LAMPF.- New Neutron Time-of-Flight (NTOF) Facilities at the Brookhaven 200-MeV Linac.- The $${}^{{208}}Pb{{(\vec{p},\vec{n})}^{{208}}}Bi$$ Reaction at 135 MeV.- Spin-Isospin Modes in Quasi-Free Region.- Charge Exchange Reactions at Saturne.- Spin-Isospin Response of a Nucleon at High Excitation Energy.- Momentum Distributions of Fragments of D, 3He, and 4He Nuclei and T20 in 0° Deuteron Break-up.- Ratio of Gamow-Teller to Fermi Strength Observed in 13, 14C(p,n) at 492 and 590 MeV.- Spin-Isospin Nuclear Responses with Hadronic Probes.- Wigner-Kirkwood Expansion of the Quasi-Elastic Nuclear Responses and Application to Spin-Isospin Responses.- The Relativistic Nuclear Response and Vacuum Polarization.- Dirac RPA for Finite Nuclei.- Relativistic RPA Calculations in Finite Nuclei: Results.- Charge Exchange (P,N) Reactions to the Isobaric Analog State.- Validity of the Hartree Approximation in the Walecka Model.- A Relativistic Description of Deformed Nuclei.- Violent Collisions of Spinning Protons.- A Status Report on the “t20” Experiment at Bates: Toward a Separation of the Charge and Quadrupole Form Factors of the Deuteron.- Physics in the GeV Region with Polarized Targets in Electron Storage Rings.- Spin Observables in $$\bar{P}P$$ Elastic and PP Inelastic Scattering.- Measurement of 2-nd and 3-rd order Spin Observables in Elastic Scattering of 1.6 GeV Tensor and Vector Polarized Deuteron Beam from a Polarized Hydrogen Target.- Nuclear Isovector Electroweak Interactions in a Relativistic Model.- Energy Dependent Corrections to Spin Observables in Nucleon-Nucleus Scattering.- The Empirical Connection Between (p,n) Cross Sections and Beta Decay Transition Strengths.- Summary Talk—International Conference on Spin Observables of Nuclear Probes.- Contributors.