Relativistic analysis of proton elastic scattering

The Dirac equation as the relevant wave equation, is used in modified DWUCK4 program to calculate the elastic scattering cross section throughout the energy range suitable for relativistic treatment of proton elastic scattering by nuclei 40Ca, 58Ni, 90Zr and 208Pb. A good fit to the experimental data is presented. The real and imaginary potentials are well determined and behave regularly with energy. The behaviour of the real central effective potential shows the development of a “wine-bottle” shape in the transition energy region and the persistence of a small attractive potential in the nuclear surface region, even at 800 MeV.