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Title: Parity-Violating Electron Scattering from {sup 4}He and the Strange Electric Form Factor of the Nucleon

Journal Article ·
OSTI ID:841021

We have measured the parity-violating electroweak asymmetry in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from {sup 4}He at an average scattering angle {theta}{sub lab} = 5.7 degrees and a four-momentum transfer Q{sup 2} = 0.091 GeV{sup 2}. From these data, for the first time, the strange electric form factor of the nucleon G{sub E}{sup s} can be isolated. The measured asymmetry of A{sub PV} = 6.72 {+-} 0.84 (stat) {+-} 0.21 (syst) parts per million yields a value of G{sub E}{sup s} = -0.038 {+-} 0.042 (stat) {+-} 0.010 (syst), consistent with zero.

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:
841021
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-05-312; DOE/ER/40150-5049; nucl-ex/0506010; WM-05-109; TRN: US0502316
Resource Relation:
Other Information: No journal information given for this preprint; PBD: 1 Jun 2005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English