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Contents
Table of Contents
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1 Introduction 1
2 Reaction Observables and Kinematics 5
3 Relativistic Bound State Wave Functions 13
3.1 Formalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Off-Shell Electron-Proton Coupling 25
5 The Eikonal Final State 31
5.1 The Relativistic Distorted Wave Approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.2 A Consistent Approach to Final State Interactions . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.3 Optical Potentials and the Eikonal Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.4 The Glauber Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.4.1 Non-relativistic Glauber theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.4.2 Connection between the Profile Function and the NN Potential 48
5.4.3 Glauber Multiple Scattering Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
5.4.4 Relativistic Extension of the Glauber Approximation . . . . . 52
5.5 Higher Order Eikonal Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6 Final State Interactions and the Eikonal Approximation 57
6.1 16 O(e, e ′ p) 15 N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.1.1 The Self-Consistent Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.1.2 The Eikonal Approximation with Optical Potentials and the Glauber Multiple Scattering Extensi
6.2 12 C(e, e ′ p) 11 B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7 Off-Shell Ambiguities 77
8 Relativistic Effects 93
9 Nuclear Transparency 103
9.1 Theoretical Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
9.2 Review of Experimental Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
9.3 Nuclear Transparency Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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