Total reaction cross sections are predicted for proton scattering from various nuclei. A simple functional form has been used that reproduces them for the scattering from (15) nuclei spanning the mass range from ${}^9\mathrm{Be}$ to ${}^{238}\mathrm{U}$ and for proton energies 10–300 MeV.

• Received 8 December 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.67.067602