Measurement of tensor analyzing power in electron-deuteron elastic scattering

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1733· OSTI ID:6137855

Gilman, R; Holt, R J; Kinney, E R; Kowalczyk, R S; Mishnev, S I; Napolitano, J; Nikolenko, D M; Popov, S G; Potterveld, D H; Rachek, I A; Temnykh, A B; Toporkov, D K; Tsentalovich, E P; Wojtsekhowski, B B; Young, L ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL (USA) Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (U.S.S.R.)

An internal-target technique was used to make the first measurements of the tensor analyzing power {ital T}{sub 20} of electron-deuteron elastic scattering in the four-momentum-transfer range of 2--3 fm{sup {minus}1}. Polarized deuterium atoms were confined within a storage cell in the VEPP-3 electron storage ring in Novosibirsk to achieve a total target thickness of 3{times}10{sup 12} cm{sup {minus}2}, 15 times greater than was previously possible with an atomic-beam target alone. The results for {ital T}{sub 20} are in agreement with reasonable models of the deuteron wave function.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6137855
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 65:14; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ANALYZING POWER
CHARGED PARTICLES
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
DEUTERONS
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTRON-DEUTERON INTERACTIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FORM FACTORS
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POLARIZED TARGETS
POTENTIALS
SCATTERING
TARGETS