Measurement of the Vector and Tensor Asymmetries at Large Missing Momentum in Quasielastic Electron Scattering from Deuterium
Here, we report the measurement of the beam-vector and tensor asymmetries and in quasielastic electrodisintegration of the deuteron at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center up to missing momentum of . Data were collected simultaneously over a momentum transfer range with the Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid using an internal deuterium gas target polarized sequentially in both vector and tensor states. The data are compared with calculations. The beam-vector asymmetry is found to be directly sensitive to the -wave component of the deuteron and has a zero crossing at a missing momentum of about , as predicted. The tensor asymmetry at large missing momentum is found to be dominated by the influence of the tensor force in the neutron-proton final-state interaction. The new data offer a strong constraint on theoretical models.
- Research Organization:
- Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- BLAST Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-03ER41231; FG02-94ER40818
- OSTI ID:
- 1595827
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1405555
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 119, Issue 18; ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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