Search for three-nucleon short-range correlations in light nuclei

Ye, Z.; Solvignon, P.; Nguyen, D.; Aguilera, P.; Ahmed, Z.; Albataineh, H.; Allada, K.; Anderson, B.; Anez, D.; Aniol, K.; Annand, J.; Arrington, J.; Averett, T.; Baghdasaryan, H.; Bai, X.; Beck, A.; Beck, S.; Bellini, V.; Benmokhtar, F.; Camsonne, A.; Chen, C.; Chen, J. -P.; Chirapatpimol, K.; Cisbani, E.; Dalton, M. M.; Daniel, A.; Day, D.; Deconinck, W.; Defurne, M.; Flay, D.; Fomin, N.; Friend, M.; Frullani, S.; Fuchey, E.; Garibaldi, F.; Gaskell, D.; Gilad, S.; Gilman, R.; Glamazdin, S.; Gu, C.; Guèye, P.; Hanretty, C.; Hansen, J. -O.; Shabestari, M. Hashemi; Higinbotham, D. W.; Huang, M.; Iqbal, S.; Jin, G.; Kalantarians, N.; Kang, H.; Kelleher, A.; Korover, I.; LeRose, J.; Leckey, J.; Lindgren, R.; Long, E.; Mammei, J.; Margaziotis, D. J.; Markowitz, P.; Meekins, D.; Meziani, Z.; Michaels, R.; Mihovilovic, M.; Muangma, N.; Camacho, C. Munoz; Norum, B.; Nuruzzaman,; Pan, K.; Phillips, S.; Piasetzky, E.; Pomerantz, I.; Posik, M.; Punjabi, V.; Qian, X.; Qiang, Y.; Qiu, X.; Reimer, P. E.; Rakhman, A.; Riordan, S.; Ron, G.; Rondon-Aramayo, O.; Saha, A.; Selvy, L.; Shahinyan, A.; Shneor, R.; Sirca, S.; Slifer, K.; Sparveris, N.; Subedi, R.; Sulkosky, V.; Wang, D.; Watson, J. W.; Weinstein, L. B.; Wojtsekhowski, B.; Wood, S. A.; Yaron, I.; Zhan, X.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, Y. W.; Zhao, B.; Zheng, X.; Zhu, P.; Zielinski, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.97.065204

Title: Search for three-nucleon short-range correlations in light nuclei

Journal Article · Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.065204· OSTI ID:1457132

Ye, Z.; Solvignon, P.; Nguyen, D.; Aguilera, P.; Ahmed, Z.; Albataineh, H.; Allada, K.; Anderson, B.; Anez, D.; Aniol, K.; Annand, J.; Arrington, J.; Averett, T.; Baghdasaryan, H.; Bai, X.; Beck, A.; Beck, S.; Bellini, V.; Benmokhtar, F.; Camsonne, A. more »

Here, we present new data probing short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei through the measurement of electron scattering off high-momentum nucleons in nuclei. The inclusive ⁴He/³He cross section ratio is observed to be both x and Q² independent for 1.5 < x < 2, confirming the dominance of two- nucleon (2N) short-range correlations (SRCs). For x > 2, our data do not support a previous claim of three-nucleon (3N) correlation dominance. While contributions beyond those from stationary 2N- SRCs are observed, our data show that isolating 3N-SRCs is more complicated than for 2N-SRCs.

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Research Organization:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Contributing Organization:: The Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-06OR23177; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; FG02-96ER40950; ST/J000175/1; ST/G008604/1

OSTI ID:: 1457132

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1454661; OSTI ID: 1466357; OSTI ID: 1830324

Report Number(s):: JLAB-PHY-18-2639; DOE/OR/23177-4339; arXiv:1712.07009; PRVCAN; TRN: US1901300

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 97, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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