Proton-Proton Scattering in Lattice Effective Field Theory

Author

Pranaam Ravi

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Rupak, Gautam

Committee Member

Dutta, Dipankar

Committee Member

Dunne, James

Date of Degree

8-15-2014

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Physics

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

Effective Field Theory (EFT) provides a systematic framework to study nuclear structure at low energy. The present work uses EFT to study the Coulomb effects in protonproton scattering. The Coulomb phase shift for elastic scattering is calculated. The calculation done here are on a lattice with periodic boundary conditions, and has a hard spherical wall imposed on it. The scattering inside the sphere produces spherical standing waves, the properties of which are exploited to calculate the phase shift and then compared with known theoretical calculations.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/21144

Comments

phase shift||Coulomb interaction||scattering||lattice methods||Effective Field Theory

Recommended Citation

Ravi, Pranaam, "Proton-Proton Scattering in Lattice Effective Field Theory" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 3674.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3674