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Title: A Measurement of Inclusive Quasielastic Electron Cross Sections at X > 1 and High Q2

Thesis/Dissertation ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/824963· OSTI ID:824963
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  1. Univ. of Erlangen, Nurnberg (Germany)

Experiment E89-008 measured inclusive electron scattering cross sections from different nuclei in Hall C at Jefferson Laboratory. Cross sections on the low energy loss side of the quasi-elastic peak (xBj > 1) are extracted for carbon, aluminum, iron and gold. The data cover four-momentum transfers squared of 0.97 to 5.73 GeV 2 =c 2 . The measured cross sections are compared to cross sections calculated using a microscopic spectral function. The cross section results are also analyzed in terms of the two scaling functions F (y) and f(Ψ'). For both the data is found to be independent of the momentum transfer (scaling of the first kind). For f(Ψ') the data is in addition independent of the mass number A (scaling of the second kind) and thus exhibits superscaling properties.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
824963
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-00-63; DOE/ER/40150-2773; TRN: US0402266
Resource Relation:
Other Information: TH: Thesis; Thesis information not provided; PBD: 1 Jul 2002
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English