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Title: Measurement of the Vector and Tensor Asymmetries at Large Missing Momentum in Quasielastic ( e , e ' p ) Electron Scattering from Deuterium

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

Here, we report the measurement of the beam-vector and tensor asymmetries A e d V and A d T in quasielastic ( e , e ' p ) electrodisintegration of the deuteron at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center up to missing momentum of 500 MeV / c . Data were collected simultaneously over a momentum transfer range 0.1 < Q 2 < 0.5 ( GeV / c ) 2 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 A e d V is found to be directly sensitive to the D -wave component of the deuteron and has a zero crossing at a missing momentum of about 320 MeV / c , as predicted. The tensor asymmetry A d T 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
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 1 work
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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