The 1 GeV proton scattering from nuclei has been proven to be a very useful tool
for studying the nuclear structure. The first high precision measurements of the differential cross sections for elastic scattering of the 1 GeV protons on nuclei were performed at PNPI (LNPI) in 1972. It was demonstrated that with this method one can obtain information on the nuclear matter distributions with the accuracy comparable to that reached in studying nuclear charge distributions by the method of electron scattering. A number of nuclei, from 3He to 208Pb, including all doubly magic nuclei, were studied at PNPI. Starting from 1973, similar investigations were performed in joint PNPI-Saclay experiments (Ep=1 GeV). Thus, the study of diffraction scattering of ~1 GeV protons on nuclei became a new branch of experimental research in nuclear physics, and it is due to these studies that the most accurate information on nuclear matter distributions has been obtained by present.
(For more detail review see article "Proton diffraction scattering on nuclei and nuclear matter distributions" in PNPI report of
the High Energy Physics Division "Main Scientific Activities 1971-1996").
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