For incident neutron energies between 20 MeV and 10 GeV the total neutron–nucleus [Formula: see text] cross sections were calculated using Glauber theory. Remarkably good agreement between experiment and theory was found at energies above 250 MeV. Using the same formalism with identical nuclear parameters, the π−–C cross sections were calculated for incident pion energies near the (3, 3) resonance. In this case, however, good agreement between theory and experiment was found for pion energies above 150 MeV.
Generating function for nucleus-nucleus scattering amplitudes in Glauber theory
