Short-Range Nucleon-Nucleon Correlations
Valence-shell nucleon knock-out experiments, such as 12C(e,e'p)11B, measure less strength then is predicted by independent particle shell model calculations. The theoretical solution to this problem is to include the correlations between the nucleons in the nucleus in the calculations. Motivated by these results, many electron scattering experiments have tried to directly observe these correlations in order to gain new insight into the short-range part of the nucleon-nucleon potential. Unfortunately, many competing mechanisms can cause the same observable final-state as an initial-state correlation, making truly isolating the signal extremely challenging. This paper reviews the recent experimental evidence for short-range correlations, as well as explores the possibility that such correlations are responsible for the EMC effect in the 0.3 < xB < 0.7 deep inelastic scattering ratios.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- OSTI ID:
- 1028818
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-11-1; DOE/OR/23177-1560; arXiv:1010.4433; TRN: US1105509
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: MENU 2010 (12th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon), 31 May - 4 Jun 2010, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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