Measurement of elastic electron-neutron scattering and inelastic electron-deuteron scattering cross sections at high momentum transfer

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.24· OSTI ID:7048568

Rock, S; Arnold, R G; Bosted, P E; Chertok, B T; Mecking, B A; Schmidt, I; Szalata, Z M; York, R C ^[1]; Zdarko, R ^[2]

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1. The American University, Washington, D.C. 20016 (United States)
2. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309 (United States) The American University, Washington, D.C. 20016 (United States)

We have measured inelastic electron-deuteron, electron-proton, and electron-aluminum cross sections at 10{degree} in the kinematic region between elastic deuteron scattering and the second resonance region at six beam energies between 9.8 and 21 GeV. The elastic electron-neutron cross section was extracted from the quasielastic data at {ital Q}{sup 2}=2.5, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0, and 10.0 (GeV/{ital c}){sup 2}. The ratio of elastic cross sections {sigma}{sub {ital n}}/{sigma}{sub {ital p}} falls with increasing {ital Q}{sup 2} above 6 (GeV/{ital c}){sup 2}. The inelastic data are compatible either with {ital y} scaling (scattering from a single nucleon) or with {xi} scaling (scattering from quarks).

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 7048568
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 46:1; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ALUMINIUM
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
CROSS SECTIONS
DEUTERIUM TARGET
DISTRIBUTION
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTRON-DEUTERON INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON-NEUTRON INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
EMC EFFECT
ENERGY RANGE
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 01-10
GEV RANGE 10-100
HYDROGEN 1 TARGET
IMPULSE APPROXIMATION
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
METALS
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARKS
SCALING LAWS
SCATTERING
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
TARGETS