Tensor polarization in elastic electron-deuteron scattering in the momentum transfer range 3. 8[le][ital Q][le]4. 6 fm[sup [minus]1]

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.49.2516· OSTI ID:5073504

Garcon, M; Arvieux, J; Beck, D H; Beise, E J; Boudard, A; Cairns, E B; Cameron, J M; Dodson, G W; Dow, K A; Farkhondeh, M; Fielding, H W; Flanz, J B; Goloskie, R; Hoibraten, S; Jourdan, J; Kowalski, S; Lapointe, C; McDonald, W J; Nia, B; Pham, L D ; Redwine, R P; Rodning, N L; Roy, G; Schulze, M E; Souder, P A; Soukup, J; The, I; Turchinetz, W E; Williamson, C F; Wilson, K E; Wood, S A; Ziegler, W ^[1]

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1. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2N5 (Canada) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States) University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 61820 (United States) Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States) Service de Physique Nucleaire, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France) Laboratoire National Saturne, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France) Syracuse University, Syracuse, New

The tensor polarization of the recoil deuteron in elastic electron-deuteron scattering has been measured at the Bates Linear Accelerator Center at three values of four-momentum transfer [ital Q]=3.78, 4.22, and 4.62 fm[sup [minus]1], corresponding to incident electron energies of 653, 755, and 853 MeV. The scattered electrons and the recoil deuterons were detected in coincidence. The recoil deuterons were transported to a liquid hydrogen target to undergo a second scattering. The angular distribution of the [ital [rvec d]]-[ital p] scattering was measured using a polarimeter. The polarimeter was calibrated in an auxiliary experiment using a polarized deuteron beam at the Laboratoire National Saturne. A Monte Carlo procedure was used to generate interpolated calibration data because the energy spread in the deuteron energies in the Bates experiment spanned the range of deuteron energies in the calibration experiment. The extracted values of [ital t][sub 20] are compared to predictions of different theoretical models of the electromagnetic form factors of the deuteron: nonrelativistic and relativistic nucleon-meson dynamics, Skyrme model, quark models, and perturbative quantum chromodynamics. Along with the world data the structure functions [ital A]([ital Q]) and [ital B]([ital Q]) are used to separate the charge monopole and charge quadrupole form factors of the deuteron. A node in the charge monopole form factor is observed at [ital Q]=4.39[plus minus]0.16 fm[sup [minus]1].

• OSTI ID: 5073504
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 49:5; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DEUTERIUM TARGET
ELECTRON REACTIONS
FORM FACTORS
DEUTERON REACTIONS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ELASTIC SCATTERING
HYDROGEN 1 TARGET
MEV RANGE 100-1000
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
POLARIZATION
POLARIZED BEAMS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
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CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ENERGY RANGE
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON REACTIONS
MEV RANGE
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
SCATTERING
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