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Title: Comparison of forward and backward p p pair knockout in 3 He ( e , e' p p ) n

Abstract

Measuring nucleon-nucleon Short Range Correlations (SRC) has been a goal of the nuclear physics community for many years. They are an important part of the nuclear wavefunction, accounting for almost all of the high-momentum strength. They are closely related to the EMC effect. While their overall probability has been measured, measuring their momentum distributions is more difficult. In order to determine the best configuration for studying SRC momentum distributions, we measured the 3He(e,e'pp)n reaction, looking at events with high momentum protons (pp > 0.35 GeV/c) and a low momentum neutron (pn < 0.2 GeV/c). We examined two angular configurations: either both protons emitted forward or one proton emitted forward and one backward (with respect to the momentum transfer, q). Thus, the measured relative momentum distribution of the events with one forward and one backward proton was much closer to the calculated initial-state pp relative momentum distribution, indicating that this is the preferred configuration for measuring SRC.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Contributing Org.:
CLAS Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1045907
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1103618
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-12-1526; DOE/OR/-23177-3739
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813; PRVCAN; TRN: US1203690
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; CONFIGURATION; DISTRIBUTION; EMC EFFECT; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; PROTONS

Citation Formats

Baghdasaryan, H., Weinstein, L. B., Laget, J. M., Adhikari, K. P., Aghasyan, M., Amaryan, M. J., Anghinolfi, M., Ball, J., Battaglieri, M., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Daniel, A., Dashyan, N., De Sanctis, E., De Vita, R., Djalali, C., Dodge, G. E., Doughty, D., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Fedotov, G., Gabrielyan, M. Y., Gevorgyan, N., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gohn, W., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guegan, B., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hicks, K., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Khandaker, M., Khetarpal, P., Kim, A., Kim, W., Kubarovsky, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Kvaltine, N. D., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., McKinnon, B., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Moutarde, H., Munevar, E., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Park, S., Pisano, S., Pozdniakov, S., Procureur, S., Raue, B. A., Ricco, G., Rimal, D., Ripani, M., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Saini, M. S., Saylor, N. A., Schott, D., Schumacher, R. A., Seraydaryan, H., Smith, E. S., Sober, D. I., Sokan, D., Stepanyan, S. S., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tang, W., Tkachenko, S., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wood, M. H., Zana, L., and Zhao, B. Comparison of forward and backward pp pair knockout in 3He(e,e'pp)n. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.85.064318.
Baghdasaryan, H., Weinstein, L. B., Laget, J. M., Adhikari, K. P., Aghasyan, M., Amaryan, M. J., Anghinolfi, M., Ball, J., Battaglieri, M., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Daniel, A., Dashyan, N., De Sanctis, E., De Vita, R., Djalali, C., Dodge, G. E., Doughty, D., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Fedotov, G., Gabrielyan, M. Y., Gevorgyan, N., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gohn, W., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guegan, B., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hicks, K., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Khandaker, M., Khetarpal, P., Kim, A., Kim, W., Kubarovsky, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Kvaltine, N. D., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., McKinnon, B., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Moutarde, H., Munevar, E., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Park, S., Pisano, S., Pozdniakov, S., Procureur, S., Raue, B. A., Ricco, G., Rimal, D., Ripani, M., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Saini, M. S., Saylor, N. A., Schott, D., Schumacher, R. A., Seraydaryan, H., Smith, E. S., Sober, D. I., Sokan, D., Stepanyan, S. S., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tang, W., Tkachenko, S., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wood, M. H., Zana, L., & Zhao, B. Comparison of forward and backward pp pair knockout in 3He(e,e'pp)n. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.064318
Baghdasaryan, H., Weinstein, L. B., Laget, J. M., Adhikari, K. P., Aghasyan, M., Amaryan, M. J., Anghinolfi, M., Ball, J., Battaglieri, M., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Daniel, A., Dashyan, N., De Sanctis, E., De Vita, R., Djalali, C., Dodge, G. E., Doughty, D., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Fedotov, G., Gabrielyan, M. Y., Gevorgyan, N., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gohn, W., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guegan, B., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hicks, K., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Khandaker, M., Khetarpal, P., Kim, A., Kim, W., Kubarovsky, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Kvaltine, N. D., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., McKinnon, B., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Moutarde, H., Munevar, E., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Park, S., Pisano, S., Pozdniakov, S., Procureur, S., Raue, B. A., Ricco, G., Rimal, D., Ripani, M., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Saini, M. S., Saylor, N. A., Schott, D., Schumacher, R. A., Seraydaryan, H., Smith, E. S., Sober, D. I., Sokan, D., Stepanyan, S. S., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tang, W., Tkachenko, S., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wood, M. H., Zana, L., and Zhao, B. Thu . "Comparison of forward and backward pp pair knockout in 3He(e,e'pp)n". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.064318. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1045907.
@article{osti_1045907,
title = {Comparison of forward and backward pp pair knockout in 3He(e,e'pp)n},
author = {Baghdasaryan, H. and Weinstein, L. B. and Laget, J. M. and Adhikari, K. P. and Aghasyan, M. and Amaryan, M. J. and Anghinolfi, M. and Ball, J. and Battaglieri, M. and Biselli, A. S. and Briscoe, W. J. and Brooks, W. K. and Burkert, V. D. and Carman, D. S. and Celentano, A. and Chandavar, S. and Charles, G. and Cole, P. L. and Contalbrigo, M. and Crede, V. and D’Angelo, A. and Daniel, A. and Dashyan, N. and De Sanctis, E. and De Vita, R. and Djalali, C. and Dodge, G. E. and Doughty, D. and Dupre, R. and Egiyan, H. and El Alaoui, A. and El Fassi, L. and Elouadrhiri, L. and Fedotov, G. and Gabrielyan, M. Y. and Gevorgyan, N. and Gilfoyle, G. P. and Giovanetti, K. L. and Girod, F. X. and Gohn, W. and Gothe, R. W. and Griffioen, K. A. and Guegan, B. and Guidal, M. and Hafidi, K. and Hicks, K. and Hyde, C. E. and Ireland, D. G. and Ishkhanov, B. S. and Jenkins, D. and Jo, H. S. and Joo, K. and Khandaker, M. and Khetarpal, P. and Kim, A. and Kim, W. and Kubarovsky, A. and Kubarovsky, V. and Kuhn, S. E. and Kuleshov, S. V. and Kvaltine, N. D. and Lu, H. Y. and MacGregor, I. J. D. and McKinnon, B. and Mirazita, M. and Mokeev, V. and Moutarde, H. and Munevar, E. and Niccolai, S. and Niculescu, G. and Niculescu, I. and Osipenko, M. and Paolone, M. and Pappalardo, L. L. and Paremuzyan, R. and Park, K. and Park, S. and Pisano, S. and Pozdniakov, S. and Procureur, S. and Raue, B. A. and Ricco, G. and Rimal, D. and Ripani, M. and Rosner, G. and Rossi, P. and Saini, M. S. and Saylor, N. A. and Schott, D. and Schumacher, R. A. and Seraydaryan, H. and Smith, E. S. and Sober, D. I. and Sokan, D. and Stepanyan, S. S. and Stepanyan, S. and Strauch, S. and Taiuti, M. and Tang, W. and Tkachenko, S. and Voskanyan, H. and Voutier, E. and Wood, M. H. and Zana, L. and Zhao, B.},
abstractNote = {Measuring nucleon-nucleon Short Range Correlations (SRC) has been a goal of the nuclear physics community for many years. They are an important part of the nuclear wavefunction, accounting for almost all of the high-momentum strength. They are closely related to the EMC effect. While their overall probability has been measured, measuring their momentum distributions is more difficult. In order to determine the best configuration for studying SRC momentum distributions, we measured the 3He(e,e'pp)n reaction, looking at events with high momentum protons (pp > 0.35 GeV/c) and a low momentum neutron (pn < 0.2 GeV/c). We examined two angular configurations: either both protons emitted forward or one proton emitted forward and one backward (with respect to the momentum transfer, →q). Thus, the measured relative momentum distribution of the events with one forward and one backward proton was much closer to the calculated initial-state pp relative momentum distribution, indicating that this is the preferred configuration for measuring SRC.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.85.064318},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 6,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Thu Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}

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