MOMDIS: a Glauber model computer code for knockout reactions

C.A. Bertulani and A. Gade2∗ (1) Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA (2) National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA (Dated: April 4, 2006) Abstract A computer program is described to calculate momentum distributions in stripping and diffraction dissociation reactions. A Glauber model is used with the scattering wavefunctions calculated in the eikonal approximation. The program is appropriate for knockout reactions at intermediate energy collisions ( 30 MeV ≤ Elab/nucleon ≤ 2000 MeV). It is particularly useful for reactions involving unstable nuclear beams, or exotic nuclei (e.g. neutron-rich nuclei), and studies of singleparticle occupancy probabilities (spectroscopic factors) and other related physical observables. Such studies are an essential part of the scientific program of radioactive beam facilities, as in for instance the proposed RIA (Rare Isotope Accelerator) facility in the US. 1