Investigation of proton-proton short-range correlations via the C12(e,e′pp) reaction

R. Shneor*, P. Monaghan, R. Subedi, B. D. Anderson, K. Aniol, J. Annand, J. Arrington, H. Benaoum, F. Benmokhtar, P. Bertin, W. Bertozzi, W. Boeglin, J. P. Chen, Seonho Choi, E. Chudakov, E. Cisbani, B. Craver, C. W. De Jager, R. J. Feuerbach, S. FrullaniF. Garibaldi, O. Gayou, S. Gilad, R. Gilman, O. Glamazdin, J. Gomez, J. O. Hansen, D. W. Higinbotham, T. Holmstrom, H. Ibrahim, R. Igarashi, E. Jans, X. Jiang, Y. Jiang, L. Kaufman, A. Kelleher, A. Kolarkar, E. Kuchina, G. Kumbartzki, J. J. Lerose, R. Lindgren, N. Liyanage, D. J. Margaziotis, P. Markowitz, S. Marrone, M. Mazouz, D. Meekins, R. Michaels, B. Moffit, S. Nanda, C. F. Perdrisat, E. Piasetzky, M. Potokar, V. Punjabi, Y. Qiang, J. Reinhold, B. Reitz, G. Ron, G. Rosner, A. Saha, B. Sawatzky, A. Shahinyan, S. Širca, K. Slifer, P. Solvignon, V. Sulkosky, N. Thompson, P. E. Ulmer, G. M. Urciuoli, E. Voutier, K. Wang, J. W. Watson, L. B. Weinstein, B. Wojtsekhowski, S. Wood, H. Yao, X. Zheng, L. Zhu

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Abstract

We investigated simultaneously the C12(e,e′p) and C12(e,e′pp) reactions at Q2=2(GeV/c)2, xB=1.2, and in an (e, e′p) missing-momentum range from 300 to 600MeV/c. At these kinematics, with a missing momentum greater than the Fermi momentum of nucleons in a nucleus and far from the delta excitation, short-range nucleon-nucleon correlations are predicted to dominate the reaction. For (9.5±2)% of the C12(e,e′p) events, a recoiling partner proton was observed back-to-back to the C12(e,e′p) missing-momentum vector, an experimental signature of correlations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number072501
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume99
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Aug 2007
Externally publishedYes

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