KAONS AS PROBES FOR OBSERVING SOME UNUSUAL PROPERTIES OF NUCLEI

The possibility of observing some unusual effects such as the EMC effe ct but for intermediate-energy meson-nucleus interactions is investiga ted. The discrepancy between the experimental and theoretical ratio R = sigma(K+ - C-12)/6 sigma(K+ - d) of the total cross sections is disc ussed within the Glauber multiple-scattering approach. Agreement with experimental data is not achieved upon introducing noneikonal correcti ons and relativistic K+-N amplitudes. Various recent attempts at remov ing this discrepancy by taking into account in-medium effects are disc ussed.