Precise Measurement of Deuteron Tensor Analyzing Powers with BLAST

Journal Article · Fri Dec 16 04:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.252501· OSTI ID:21612560

Zhang, C; Akdogan, T; Bertozzi, W; Botto, T; Clasie, B; DeGrush, A; Dow, K; Farkhondeh, M; Franklin, W; Gilad, S; Hasell, D; Kolster, H; Maschinot, A; Matthews, J; Meitanis, N; Milner, R; Redwine, R; Seely, J; Shinozaki, A; Tschalaer, C ^[1]

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1. Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Bates Linear Accelerator Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

We report a precision measurement of the deuteron tensor analyzing powers T{sub 20} and T{sub 21} at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center. Data were collected simultaneously over a momentum transfer range Q=2.15-4.50 fm{sup -1} with the Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid using a highly polarized deuterium internal gas target. The data are in excellent agreement with calculations in a framework of effective field theory. The deuteron charge monopole and quadrupole form factors G{sub C} and G{sub Q} were separated with improved precision, and the location of the first node of G{sub C} was confirmed at Q=4.19{+-}0.05 fm{sup -1}. The new data provide a strong constraint on theoretical models in a momentum transfer range covering the minimum of T{sub 20} and the first node of G{sub C}.

• OSTI ID: 21612560
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 107; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DEUTERIUM
DEUTERONS
DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS
EXPLOSIONS
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FORM FACTORS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
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PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POLARIZATION-ASYMMETRY RATIO
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