The production of hypernuclei via the weak interaction
| dc.contributor.advisor | Van der Ventel, B. I. S. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hillhouse, G. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Niekerk, David Douglas | |
| dc.contributor.other | University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Physics. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-01-21T07:40:56Z | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T08:51:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-01-21T07:40:56Z | en_ZA |
| dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T08:51:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-03 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (MSc (Physics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this thesis we present a relativistic formalism for the description of hypernuclei production via the weak interaction. It will be shown that the cross section can be written as the contraction of a leptonic and hadronic tensor if we model the interaction as a quasifree process. The hadronic tensor is written in a model-independent way in terms of thirteen nuclear structure functions. A Born term model is used to describe the underlying elementary hyperon production process. The bound state wave functions of the hyperon and nucleon are calculated within a relativistic mean-field approximation. Together with the relativistic kinematics a fully relativistic framework for experimental predictions is constructed and a specific cross section calculation is discussed. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 580925 bytes | en_ZA |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2550 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of Stellenbosch | |
| dc.subject | Dissertations -- Physics | en |
| dc.subject | Theses -- Physics | en |
| dc.subject | Hyperfragments | en |
| dc.subject | Weak interactions (Nuclear physics) | en |
| dc.title | The production of hypernuclei via the weak interaction | en |
| dc.type | Thesis |