Study of the Few Nucleon Systems at $$\mathrm{CLAS}$$
The study of few nucleon systems with electromagnetic probes is an essential component of the scientific program carried out at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab). Here we present measurements of exclusive reactions on light nuclei using real photon beams with energies up to 3 GeV and the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS), a nearly 4π magnetic spectrometer, in order to study the properties of strongly interacting matter and the transition from hadronic (i.e in terms of nucleons and mesons) to partonic (in terms of quark and gluons) degrees of freedom in nuclear interactions. We discuss the progress made in understanding the relevant degrees of freedom using polarisation observables and cross sections of deuteron and 3He photodisintegration in the few-GeV photon-energy region. In addition, recent high-statistics experiments with the CLAS detector have provided us with sufficient counting rates to study the effects of initial- and final-state interactions in reactions off the deuteron. Such data allow us to extract a large set of polarisation observables for final-state interactions in hyperon photoproduction and to study the properties of the hyperon–nucleon interaction. Initial-state effects are studied by mapping the dependence of experimental observables on the spectator-nucleon momentum. We also present recent results for polarisation observables for quasi-free K+Λ off the bound proton in a deuteron as well as for final-state interactions in the reaction γd→K+Λn , and will discuss their impact on hyperon–nucleon studies.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- OSTI ID:
- 1986518
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-17-2722; DOE/OR/23177-6535; TRN: US2402759
- Journal Information:
- Few-Body Systems, Vol. 58, Issue 2; Conference: 23. European Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, Aarhus (Denmark), 8-12 Aug 2016; ISSN 0177-7963
- Publisher:
- SpringerCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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