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Chiral transparency

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 69978 (Israel)
  2. Physics Division, Argonne National Lab, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  3. Physics Department, BOX-351560, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (United States)
  4. Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (United States)

Color transparency is the vanishing of initial and final state interactions, predicted by QCD to occur in high momentum transfer quasielastic nuclear reactions. For specific reactions involving nucleons, the initial and final state interactions are expected to be dominated by exchanges of pions. We argue that these interactions are also suppressed in high momentum transfer nuclear quasielastic reactions; this is {open_quotes}chiral transparency.{close_quotes} We show that studies of the e{sup 3}He{r_arrow}e{sup {prime}}{Delta}{sup ++}nn reaction could reveal the influence of chiral transparency. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-93ER40771; FG06-88ER40427; W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
450512
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 55; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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