Phenomenology of the deuteron electromagnetic form factors

Journal Article · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2000 · Eur. Phys. J. A

OSTI ID:796078

Abbott, David; Ahmidouch, Abdellah; Anklin, H; Arvieux, J; Ball, James P; Beedoe, Shelton; Beise, Elizabeth; Bimbot, Louis; Boeglin, Werner; Breuer, Herbert; Carlini, Roger; Chant, Nicholas; Danagoulian, Samuel; Dow, K; Ducret, Jean-Eric; Dunne, Jim; Ewell, Lars; Eyraud, L; Furget, C; Garcon, Michel ; Gilman, Ron; Glashausser, Charles; Gueye, Paul; Gustafsson, Kenneth; Hafidi, Kawtar; Honegger, A; Jourdan, J; Kox, Serge; Kumbartzki, Gerfried; Lu, L; Lung, Allison; Markowitz, Pete; McIntyre, Justin; Meekins, David; Merchez, F; Mitchell, Joseph; Mohring, R; Mtingwa, S; Mrktchyan, H; Pitz, D; Qin, Liming; Ransome, Ronald; R'eal, J -S; Roos, Philip; Rutt, Paul; Sawafta, Reyad; Stepanyan, Stepan; Tieulent, Raphael; Tomasi-Gustafsson, E; Turchinetz, William; Vansyoc, K; Volmer, J; Voutier, E; Williamson, Claude; Wood, Stephen; Yan, Chen; Zhao, Jianguo; Zhao, W

A rigorous extraction of the deuteron charge form factors from tensor polarization data in elastic electron-deuteron scattering, at given values of the 4-momentum transfer, is presented. Then the world data for elastic electron-deuteron scattering is used to parameterize, in three different ways, the three electromagnetic form factors of the deuteron in the 4-momentum transfer range 0-7 fm. This procedure is made possible with the advent of recent polarization measurements. The parameterizations allow a phenomenological characterization of the deuteron electromagnetic structure. They can be used to remove ambiguities in the form factors extraction from future polarization data.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• OSTI ID: 796078
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-00-30; DOE/ER/40150-2102; nucl-ex/0002003; TRN: US0201432
• Journal Information: Eur. Phys. J. A, Vol. 7, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DEUTERONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FORM FACTORS
FORM FACTORS
POLARIZATION
SCATTERING