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The Glauber model is discussed from the point of view of time reversal invariance. It is shown that the model slightly violates the T-invariance conditions unless the longitudinal momentum transfers are not negligible relative to a nucleon mass.
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On leave of absence fromCharles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
The author would like to thank Professor Abdus Salam, the International Atomic Energy Agency and UNESCO for hospitality at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste.
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Formánek, J. Glauber model and time reversal invariance. Czech J Phys 30, 726–733 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01599905
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