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Title: Probing Few-Body Nuclear Dynamics via H 3 and He 3 ( e , e ' p ) pn Cross-Section Measurements

Abstract

Here, we report the first measurement of the (e, e' p) three-body breakup reaction cross sections in helium-3 (3He) and tritium (3H) at large momentum transfer ($$\langle{Q^2}\rangle$$ ≈ 1.9 (GeV/c)2) and xB > 1 kinematics, where the cross section should be sensitive to quasielastic (QE) scattering from single nucleons. The data cover missing momenta 40 ≤ pmiss ≤ 500 MeV/c that, in the QE limit with no rescattering, equals the initial momentum of the probed nucleon. The measured cross sections are compared with state-of-the-art ab-initio calculations. Overall good agreement, within ±20%, is observed between data and calculations for the full pmiss range for 3H and for 100 ≤ pmiss ≤ 350 MeV/c for 3He. Including the effects of rescattering of the outgoing nucleon improves agreement with the data at pmiss > 250 MeV/c and suggests contributions from charge-exchange (SCX) rescattering. The isoscalar sum of 3He plus 3H, which is largely insensitive to SCX, is described by calculations to within the accuracy of the data over the entire pmiss range. This validates current models of the ground state of the three-nucleon system up to very high initial nucleon momenta of 500 MeV/c.

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Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Pazi Foundation; Israel Science Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Polish National Science Centre (NCN)
Contributing Org.:
Jefferson Lab Hall A Tritium Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1630898
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1632161; OSTI ID: 1778966; OSTI ID: 1830336; OSTI ID: 1873161
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-20-3137; DOE/OR/23177-4905; arXiv:2001.07230
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; TRN: US2200717
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177; AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; SC0016577; PHY-1714809; SC0013615; 2016/22/M/ST2/00173; 2016/21/D/ST2/01120; FG02-07ER41528
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; few-body systems; lepton induced nuclear reactions; nuclear forces; nuclear structure & decays; nucleon distribution; nucleon-nucleon interactions

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Cruz-Torres, R., Nguyen, D., Hauenstein, F., Schmidt, A., Li, S., Abrams, D., Albataineh, H., Alsalmi, S., Androic, D., Aniol, K., Armstrong, W., Arrington, J., Atac, H., Averett, T., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Bai, X., Bane, J., Barcus, S., Beck, A., Bellini, V., Benmokhtar, F., Bhatt, H., Bhetuwal, D., Biswas, D., Blyth, D., Boeglin, W., Bulumulla, D., Camsonne, A., Castellanos, J., Chen, J-P., Cohen, E. O., Covrig, S., Craycraft, K., Dongwi, B., Duer, M., Duran, B., Dutta, D., Fuchey, E., Gal, C., Gautam, T. N., Gilad, S., Gnanvo, K., Gogami, T., Golak, J., Gomez, J., Gu, C., Habarakada, A., Hague, T., Hansen, O., Hattawy, M., Hen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Hughes, E., Hyde, C., Ibrahim, H., Jian, S., Joosten, S., Kamada, H., Karki, A., Karki, B., Katramatou, A. T., Keppel, C., Khachatryan, M., Khachatryan, V., Khanal, A., King, D., King, P., Korover, I., Kutz, T., Lashley-Colthirst, N., Laskaris, G., Li, W., Liu, H., Liyanage, N., Markowitz, P., McClellan, R. E., Meekins, D., Mey-Tal Beck, S., Meziani, Z-E., Michaels, R., Mihovilovič, M., Nelyubin, V., Nuruzzaman, N., Nycz, M., Obrecht, R., Olson, M., Ou, L., Owen, V., Pandey, B., Pandey, V., Papadopoulou, A., Park, S., Patsyuk, M., Paul, S., Petratos, G. G., Piasetzky, E., Pomatsalyuk, R., Premathilake, S., Puckett, A. J. R., Punjabi, V., Ransome, R., Rashad, M. N. H., Reimer, P. E., Riordan, S., Roche, J., Sargsian, M., Santiesteban, N., Sawatzky, B., Segarra, E. P., Schmookler, B., Shahinyan, A., Širca, S., Skibiński, R., Sparveris, N., Su, T., Suleiman, R., Szumila-Vance, H., Tadepalli, A. S., Tang, L., Tireman, W., Topolnicki, K., Tortorici, F., Urciuoli, G., Weinstein, L. B., Witała, H., Wojtsekhowski, B., Wood, S., Ye, Z. H., Ye, Z. Y., and Zhang, J. Probing Few-Body Nuclear Dynamics via H3 and He3 (e,e'p)pn Cross-Section Measurements. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.212501.
Cruz-Torres, R., Nguyen, D., Hauenstein, F., Schmidt, A., Li, S., Abrams, D., Albataineh, H., Alsalmi, S., Androic, D., Aniol, K., Armstrong, W., Arrington, J., Atac, H., Averett, T., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Bai, X., Bane, J., Barcus, S., Beck, A., Bellini, V., Benmokhtar, F., Bhatt, H., Bhetuwal, D., Biswas, D., Blyth, D., Boeglin, W., Bulumulla, D., Camsonne, A., Castellanos, J., Chen, J-P., Cohen, E. O., Covrig, S., Craycraft, K., Dongwi, B., Duer, M., Duran, B., Dutta, D., Fuchey, E., Gal, C., Gautam, T. N., Gilad, S., Gnanvo, K., Gogami, T., Golak, J., Gomez, J., Gu, C., Habarakada, A., Hague, T., Hansen, O., Hattawy, M., Hen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Hughes, E., Hyde, C., Ibrahim, H., Jian, S., Joosten, S., Kamada, H., Karki, A., Karki, B., Katramatou, A. T., Keppel, C., Khachatryan, M., Khachatryan, V., Khanal, A., King, D., King, P., Korover, I., Kutz, T., Lashley-Colthirst, N., Laskaris, G., Li, W., Liu, H., Liyanage, N., Markowitz, P., McClellan, R. E., Meekins, D., Mey-Tal Beck, S., Meziani, Z-E., Michaels, R., Mihovilovič, M., Nelyubin, V., Nuruzzaman, N., Nycz, M., Obrecht, R., Olson, M., Ou, L., Owen, V., Pandey, B., Pandey, V., Papadopoulou, A., Park, S., Patsyuk, M., Paul, S., Petratos, G. G., Piasetzky, E., Pomatsalyuk, R., Premathilake, S., Puckett, A. J. R., Punjabi, V., Ransome, R., Rashad, M. N. H., Reimer, P. E., Riordan, S., Roche, J., Sargsian, M., Santiesteban, N., Sawatzky, B., Segarra, E. P., Schmookler, B., Shahinyan, A., Širca, S., Skibiński, R., Sparveris, N., Su, T., Suleiman, R., Szumila-Vance, H., Tadepalli, A. S., Tang, L., Tireman, W., Topolnicki, K., Tortorici, F., Urciuoli, G., Weinstein, L. B., Witała, H., Wojtsekhowski, B., Wood, S., Ye, Z. H., Ye, Z. Y., & Zhang, J. Probing Few-Body Nuclear Dynamics via H3 and He3 (e,e'p)pn Cross-Section Measurements. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.212501
Cruz-Torres, R., Nguyen, D., Hauenstein, F., Schmidt, A., Li, S., Abrams, D., Albataineh, H., Alsalmi, S., Androic, D., Aniol, K., Armstrong, W., Arrington, J., Atac, H., Averett, T., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Bai, X., Bane, J., Barcus, S., Beck, A., Bellini, V., Benmokhtar, F., Bhatt, H., Bhetuwal, D., Biswas, D., Blyth, D., Boeglin, W., Bulumulla, D., Camsonne, A., Castellanos, J., Chen, J-P., Cohen, E. O., Covrig, S., Craycraft, K., Dongwi, B., Duer, M., Duran, B., Dutta, D., Fuchey, E., Gal, C., Gautam, T. N., Gilad, S., Gnanvo, K., Gogami, T., Golak, J., Gomez, J., Gu, C., Habarakada, A., Hague, T., Hansen, O., Hattawy, M., Hen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Hughes, E., Hyde, C., Ibrahim, H., Jian, S., Joosten, S., Kamada, H., Karki, A., Karki, B., Katramatou, A. T., Keppel, C., Khachatryan, M., Khachatryan, V., Khanal, A., King, D., King, P., Korover, I., Kutz, T., Lashley-Colthirst, N., Laskaris, G., Li, W., Liu, H., Liyanage, N., Markowitz, P., McClellan, R. E., Meekins, D., Mey-Tal Beck, S., Meziani, Z-E., Michaels, R., Mihovilovič, M., Nelyubin, V., Nuruzzaman, N., Nycz, M., Obrecht, R., Olson, M., Ou, L., Owen, V., Pandey, B., Pandey, V., Papadopoulou, A., Park, S., Patsyuk, M., Paul, S., Petratos, G. G., Piasetzky, E., Pomatsalyuk, R., Premathilake, S., Puckett, A. J. R., Punjabi, V., Ransome, R., Rashad, M. N. H., Reimer, P. E., Riordan, S., Roche, J., Sargsian, M., Santiesteban, N., Sawatzky, B., Segarra, E. P., Schmookler, B., Shahinyan, A., Širca, S., Skibiński, R., Sparveris, N., Su, T., Suleiman, R., Szumila-Vance, H., Tadepalli, A. S., Tang, L., Tireman, W., Topolnicki, K., Tortorici, F., Urciuoli, G., Weinstein, L. B., Witała, H., Wojtsekhowski, B., Wood, S., Ye, Z. H., Ye, Z. Y., and Zhang, J. Tue . "Probing Few-Body Nuclear Dynamics via H3 and He3 (e,e'p)pn Cross-Section Measurements". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.212501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1630898.
@article{osti_1630898,
title = {Probing Few-Body Nuclear Dynamics via H3 and He3 (e,e'p)pn Cross-Section Measurements},
author = {Cruz-Torres, R. and Nguyen, D. and Hauenstein, F. and Schmidt, A. and Li, S. and Abrams, D. and Albataineh, H. and Alsalmi, S. and Androic, D. and Aniol, K. and Armstrong, W. and Arrington, J. and Atac, H. and Averett, T. and Ayerbe Gayoso, C. and Bai, X. and Bane, J. and Barcus, S. and Beck, A. and Bellini, V. and Benmokhtar, F. and Bhatt, H. and Bhetuwal, D. and Biswas, D. and Blyth, D. and Boeglin, W. and Bulumulla, D. and Camsonne, A. and Castellanos, J. and Chen, J-P. and Cohen, E. O. and Covrig, S. and Craycraft, K. and Dongwi, B. and Duer, M. and Duran, B. and Dutta, D. and Fuchey, E. and Gal, C. and Gautam, T. N. and Gilad, S. and Gnanvo, K. and Gogami, T. and Golak, J. and Gomez, J. and Gu, C. and Habarakada, A. and Hague, T. and Hansen, O. and Hattawy, M. and Hen, O. and Higinbotham, D. W. and Hughes, E. and Hyde, C. and Ibrahim, H. and Jian, S. and Joosten, S. and Kamada, H. and Karki, A. and Karki, B. and Katramatou, A. T. and Keppel, C. and Khachatryan, M. and Khachatryan, V. and Khanal, A. and King, D. and King, P. and Korover, I. and Kutz, T. and Lashley-Colthirst, N. and Laskaris, G. and Li, W. and Liu, H. and Liyanage, N. and Markowitz, P. and McClellan, R. E. and Meekins, D. and Mey-Tal Beck, S. and Meziani, Z-E. and Michaels, R. and Mihovilovič, M. and Nelyubin, V. and Nuruzzaman, N. and Nycz, M. and Obrecht, R. and Olson, M. and Ou, L. and Owen, V. and Pandey, B. and Pandey, V. and Papadopoulou, A. and Park, S. and Patsyuk, M. and Paul, S. and Petratos, G. G. and Piasetzky, E. and Pomatsalyuk, R. and Premathilake, S. and Puckett, A. J. R. and Punjabi, V. and Ransome, R. and Rashad, M. N. H. and Reimer, P. E. and Riordan, S. and Roche, J. and Sargsian, M. and Santiesteban, N. and Sawatzky, B. and Segarra, E. P. and Schmookler, B. and Shahinyan, A. and Širca, S. and Skibiński, R. and Sparveris, N. and Su, T. and Suleiman, R. and Szumila-Vance, H. and Tadepalli, A. S. and Tang, L. and Tireman, W. and Topolnicki, K. and Tortorici, F. and Urciuoli, G. and Weinstein, L. B. and Witała, H. and Wojtsekhowski, B. and Wood, S. and Ye, Z. H. and Ye, Z. Y. and Zhang, J.},
abstractNote = {Here, we report the first measurement of the (e, e' p) three-body breakup reaction cross sections in helium-3 (3He) and tritium (3H) at large momentum transfer ($\langle{Q^2}\rangle$ ≈ 1.9 (GeV/c)2) and xB > 1 kinematics, where the cross section should be sensitive to quasielastic (QE) scattering from single nucleons. The data cover missing momenta 40 ≤ pmiss ≤ 500 MeV/c that, in the QE limit with no rescattering, equals the initial momentum of the probed nucleon. The measured cross sections are compared with state-of-the-art ab-initio calculations. Overall good agreement, within ±20%, is observed between data and calculations for the full pmiss range for 3H and for 100 ≤ pmiss ≤ 350 MeV/c for 3He. Including the effects of rescattering of the outgoing nucleon improves agreement with the data at pmiss > 250 MeV/c and suggests contributions from charge-exchange (SCX) rescattering. The isoscalar sum of 3He plus 3H, which is largely insensitive to SCX, is described by calculations to within the accuracy of the data over the entire pmiss range. This validates current models of the ground state of the three-nucleon system up to very high initial nucleon momenta of 500 MeV/c.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.212501},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 21,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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