Measurement of the 3He(e,e'p)pn Reaction at High Missing Energies and Momenta
- Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
We investigate the structure of 3He through the measurement of quasielastic 3He(e,e'). The measurements use the high duty factor electron beam and the high-precision two-spectrometer system in Hall A of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF). The measurements were performed in perpendicular kinematics at fixed momentum and energy transfer by the electron, |$$\vec{q}$$|= 1.5 GeV/c and omega = 837 MeV, respectively. A description of the reaction in the plane wave impulse approximation is presented. The experimental equipment is described in detail. For the measurements, the kinematics of the experiment are given. The procedures to remove backgrounds and perform radiative corrections, are also discussed in detail. The detailed method of performing radiative corrections in particular is novel to this work. Finally, the resulting cross sections, distorted spectral functions, and asymmetry ATL are presented, and the physics implications are discussed. We extracted cross sections and distorted spectral functions up to high missing momentum, pm up to 1 GeV/c, and up to high missing energies, Em up to 140 MeV, the pion production threshold. The experimental data are much higher in statistics and much more extensive in kinematic coverage than any previous measurement. Theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the data, leading to the conclusion that the cross section at large missing momenta is strongly enhanced by nucleon-nucleon correlations, with additional enhancement from final-state interactions. The conventional NN correlations present in a modern three-body nuclear wave function, along with a modern reaction mechanism theory, appear sufficient to explain the data; there is no strong indication of a need to include any additional exotic physics, such as quark degrees of freedom.
- 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:
- 1239978
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-04-89; DOE/ER/40150-5020
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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