Probing the High Momentum Component of the Deuteron at High Q{sup 2}

Journal Article · Fri Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.262501· OSTI ID:21612574

Boeglin, W U; Coman, L; Ambrozewicz, P; Kramer, L; Markowitz, P; Moteabbed, M; Nasseripour, R; Raue, B; Reinhold, J ^[1]; Aniol, K; Epstein, M; Margaziotis, D J ^[2]; Arrington, J; Solvignon, P ^[3]; Batigne, G; Furget, C; Kox, S; Moussiegt, P; Quemener, G; Real, J S ^[4]

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1. Florida International University, University Park, Florida 33199 (United States)
2. California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032 (United States)
3. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
4. LPSC, Universite Joseph Fourier, CNRS/IN2P3, INPG, Grenoble (France)

The {sup 2}H(e,e{sup '}p)n cross section at a momentum transfer of 3.5 (GeV/c){sup 2} was measured over a kinematical range that made it possible to study this reaction for a set of fixed missing momenta as a function of the neutron recoil angle {theta}{sub nq} and to extract missing momentum distributions for fixed values of {theta}{sub nq} up to 0.55 GeV/c. In the region of 35 deg. {<=}{theta}{sub nq}{<=}45 deg. recent calculations, which predict that final-state interactions are small, agree reasonably well with the experimental data. Therefore, these experimental reduced cross sections provide direct access to the high momentum component of the deuteron momentum distribution in exclusive deuteron electrodisintegration.

• OSTI ID: 21612574
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 26; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.262501; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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