Abstract
The long-wavelength approximation and the truncated Taylor expansion are frequently used in the theory of relativistic Coulomb excitation to obtain multipole expansions of the interaction. It is shown in this Brief Report that these two approximations are exactly equivalent.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 017901 |
| Pages (from-to) | 179011-179013 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2003 |