2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201584A simple model of a relativistic optical model is constructed by reducing the three-body Bethe-Salpeter equation to an effective two-body optical model. A corresponding effective current is derived for use with the optical-model wave functions. It is shown that this current satisfies a Ward-Takahashi identity involving the optical potential which results in conserved current matrix elements.20 pages, 2 figuresNuclear Theorytext