Measuring recoiling nucleons from the nucleus with the future Electron Ion Collider

Hauenstein, F.; Jentsch, A.; Pybus, J. R.; Kiral, A.; Baker, M. D.; Furletova, Y.; Hen, O.; Higinbotham, D. W.; Hyde, C.; Morozov, V.; Romanov, D.; Weinstein, L. B.

doi:10.1103/physrevc.105.034001

Measuring recoiling nucleons from the nucleus with the future Electron Ion Collider

Journal Article · Mon Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.105.034001· OSTI ID:1870403

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Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
MDBPADS LLC, Miller Place, NY (United States)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)

Herein, short range correlated nucleon-nucleon (NN) pairs are an important part of the nuclear ground state. They are typically studied by scattering an electron from one nucleon in the pair and detecting its spectator correlated partner (“spectator-nucleon tagging”). The Electron Ion Collider (EIC) should be able to detect these nucleons, since they are boosted to high momentum in the laboratory frame by the momentum of the ion beam. To determine the feasibility of these studies with the planned EIC detector configuration, we have simulated quasielastic scattering for two electron and ion beam energy configurations: 5 GeV e^- and 41 GeV/A ions, and 10 GeV e^- and 110 GeV/A ions. We show that the knocked-out and recoiling nucleons can be detected over a wide range of initial nucleon momenta. We also show that these measurements can achieve much larger momentum transfers than current fixed target experiments. By detecting both low and high initial-momentum nucleons, the planned EIC has the potential to provide the data that should allow scientists to definitively show if the European Muon Collaboration effect and short-range correlation are connected, and to improve our understanding of color transparency.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1870403

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1871023

Report Number(s):: BNL-223033-2022-JAAM

Journal Information:: Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 105; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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