Nuclear transparency
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Nuclear transparency is the ratio of cross-sections for exclusive processes from the nuclei to those of the nucleons.
If a nuclear cross-section is denoted as and free nucleon cross-section as ,
then nuclear transparency can be defined as
, where can be parameterized in terms of as .
Therefore, transparency can be expressed as .
Here, nucleon cross-section can be thought of as a hydrogen cross-section, and nuclei cross-section can be as for other targets.
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