2006/05/31 by J. W. Van Orden, J. W. Van~Orden
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemistry #Classical mechanics #Current (fluid) #Matrix (chemical analysis) #Nuclear physics research studies #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Wave function #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.74.034607
published as Phys.Rev.C74:034607,2006 · 20 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 2006/06/22 · openalex publication_date 2006/09/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A simple model of a relativistic optical model is constructed by reducing the three-body Bethe-Salpeter equation to an effective two-body optical model. A corresponding effective current is derived for use with the optical-model wave functions. It is shown that this current satisfies a Ward-Takahashi identity involving the optical potential resulting in conserved current matrix elements.