Measurement of tensor polarization in elastic electron-deuteron scattering in the momentum-transfer range 3. 8 le q le 4. 6 fm sup minus 1

Journal Article · Mon Jul 08 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.173· OSTI ID:5654412

The, I; 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; Garcon, M; Goloskie, R; Hoibraten, S; Jourdan, J; Kowalski, S; Lapointe, C; McDonald, W J; Ni, B ; Pham, L D; Redwine, R P; Rodning, N L; Roy, G; Schulze, M E; Souder, P A; Soukup, J; 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; Canada T6G 2N5 (US) California Institute of Technology; Pasadena; California 91125 Departement de Physique Nucleaire-Saclay; 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette; France Indiana University Cyclotron Facility; Bloomington; Indiana 47405 Laboratoire National Saturne; 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette; France Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge; Massachusetts 02139 Syracuse University; Syracuse; New York 13210 University of Illinois; Champaign; Illinois 61820 Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Worcester; Massachusetts 01609

The tensor polarization {ital t}{sub 20} of the recoil deuteron in elastic {ital e}-{ital d} scattering has been measured for three values of four-momentum transfer, {ital q}=3.78, 4.22, and 4.62 fm{sup {minus}1}. The data have been used to locate the first node in the charge monopole form factor of the deuteron at {ital q}=4.39{plus minus}0.16 fm{sup {minus}1}. The results for {ital t}{sub 20} are in reasonable agreement with expectations based on the nucleon-meson description of nuclear dynamics.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER03069
• OSTI ID: 5654412
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 67:2; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
DEUTERIUM TARGET
DEUTERONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC FORM FACTORS
ELECTRON REACTIONS
ENERGY RANGE
FORM FACTORS
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IMPULSE APPROXIMATION
LEPTON REACTIONS
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 100-1000
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POLARIZATION
RECOILS
SCATTERING
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