Basis for quasi-two-body scaling

Abstract

Recent measurements of high energy inclusive cross sections in $^{6}\mathrm{Li}$, close to the elastic limit, allow for experimental verification of the "coherent recoil" postulate of "quasi-two-body scaling." Theoretical arguments for the dominance of coherent recoil up to internal nucleon momenta $k\ensuremath{\simeq}1.2 \frac{\mathrm{GeV}}{c}$ are presented, along with a new "derivation" of the relationship between quasi-two-body scaling and an "effective" ground state momentum distribution. A possible relationship between inclusive and elastic cross sections is explored.[NUCLEAR REACTIONS Quasi-two-body scaling, "effective" momentum distributions.]