Transport calculations of antiproton-nucleus interactions

Abstract

The Giessen Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck transport model is extended and applied to the antiproton-nucleus interactions in a wide beam momentum range. The model calculations are compared with the experimental data on $\bar p$-absorption cross sections on nuclei with an emphasis on extraction of the real part of an antiproton optical potential. The possibility of the cold compression of a nucleus by an antiproton in-flight is also considered.

6 pages, 3 figures, presented at the XXXI Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, Piaski, Poland, Aug. 30 - Sept. 6, 2009