Migdal's short range correlations in a covariant model

Abstract

We construct a covariant model for short range correlations of a pion emerged in nuclear matter. Once the delta-hole contribution is considered an additional and so far neglected channel opens that leads to significant modifications in the vicinity of the kinematical region defined by \omega \sim |\vec q |. We speculate that this novel effect should be important for the quantitative interpretation of charge exchange reactions like C(He,t).