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Title: Investigation of Proton-Proton Short-Range Correlations via the 12C(e,e'pp) Reaction

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.
OSTI ID:903319

We investigated simultaneously the 12C(e,e'p) and 12C(e,e'pp) reactions at Q2 = 2 [GeV/c]2, x_B = 1.2, and in an (e,e'p) missing-momentum range from 300 to 600 MeV/c. At these kinematics, with a missing-momentum greater than the Fermi momentum of nucleons in a nucleus and far from the delta excitation, short-range nucleon-nucleon correlations are predicted to dominate the reaction. For(9.5 +/- 2)% of the 12C(e,e'p) events, a recoiling partner proton was observed back-to-back to the 12C(e,e'p) missing momentum vector, an experimental signature of correlations.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
903319
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-07-624; DOE/ER/40150-4278; nucl-ex/0703023; TRN: US0703242
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 99, Issue 07
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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