Mean-field and two-body nuclear effects in inclusive electron scattering on argon, carbon, and titanium: The superscaling approach

Barbaro, M. B.; Caballero, J. A.; De Pace, A.; Donnelly, T. W.; González-Jiménez, R.; Megias, G. D.

doi:10.1103/physrevc.99.042501

Mean-field and two-body nuclear effects in inclusive electron scattering on argon, carbon, and titanium: The superscaling approach

Journal Article · Thu Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.042501· OSTI ID:1609280

Barbaro, M. B. ^[1]; Caballero, J. A. ^[2]; De Pace, A. ^[3]; Donnelly, T. W. ^[4]; González-Jiménez, R. ^[5]; Megias, G. D. ^[6]

Univ. of Torino (Italy); DOE/OSTI
Univ. of Sevilla (Spain)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Torino (Italy)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Univ. Complutense Madrid (Spain)
Univ. of Sevilla (Spain); Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

We compare the predictions of the superscaling approach (SuSAv2) model including two-particle two-hole meson-exchange currents with the recent JLab data for inclusive electron scattering on three different targets (C, Ar, and Ti). The agreement is very good over the full energy spectrum, with some discrepancy seen only in the deep inelastic region. The 2p2h response, peaked in the dip region between the quasielastic and Δ-resonance peak, is essential to reproduce the data. We also analyze the k_F (Fermi momentum) dependence of the data in terms of scaling of the second kind, showing that the 2p2h response scales very differently from the quasielastic one, in full accord with what is predicted by the model. The results represent a valuable test of the applicability of the model to neutrino scattering processes on different nuclei.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-94ER40818

OSTI ID:: 1609280

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1507608

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 99; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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