About some relativistic effects in the A(d,p)X reaction with the proton emission in a forward direction

Abstract

In a nonrelativistic quantum theory the longitudinal and transversal components of the internal momentum in the deuteron wave function (DWF) are bound together as they have to form the well known superposition of the S- and D-waves. In a relativistic case -- at least in light cone dynamics -- the dependence of the DWF on the longitudinal and transversal momenta can by considerably changed, because these components turn out in large part to be bound in another way. Previously such a possibility was pointed out by Blankenbecler et al. Later Karmanov et al. have developed a quantitative approach that can be used to describe this situation. Here we present some results of calculations of the tensor analyzing power of (d,p) reaction at relativistic deuteron momenta using Karmanov's DWF. The momentum behaviour of the tensor analyzing power obtained is compared with that calculated with standard DWFs.