Polarization-transfer measurement to a large-virtuality bound proton in the deuteron

  • I. Yaron
  • , D. Izraeli
  • , P. Achenbach
  • , H. Arenhövel
  • , J. Beričič
  • , R. Böhm
  • , D. Bosnar
  • , E. O. Cohen
  • , L. Debenjak
  • , M. O. Distler
  • , A. Esser
  • , I. Friščić
  • , R. Gilman
  • , I. Korover
  • , J. Lichtenstadt
  • , H. Merkel*
  • , D. G. Middleton
  • , M. Mihovilovič
  • , U. Müller
  • , E. Piasetzky
  • J. Pochodzalla, G. Ron, B. S. Schlimme, M. Schoth, F. Schulz, C. Sfienti, S. Širca, S. Strauch, M. Thiel, A. Tyukin, A. Weber
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Abstract

We report the measurement of the ratio of polarization-transfer components, Px/Pz, in the H2(e→,ep→)n reaction at low and high missing momenta, in search of differences between free and bound protons. The observed deviation of Px/Pz from that of a free proton, which is similar to that observed in 4He, indicates that the effect in nuclei is a function of the virtuality of the knock-out proton and the missing momentum direction, but not the average nuclear density. There is a general agreement between the data and calculations, which assume free proton form factors, however, the measurements are consistently about 10% higher.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-24
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume769
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jun 2017

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Keywords

  • Electron-scattering
  • d(e,e'p)

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