Measurements of the deuteron elastic structure function A(Q{sup 2}) at the Jefferson Laboratory

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:755720

Kuss, Michael

Results from experiment E91-026 in Hall A at the Jefferson Laboratory are reported. The aim of this experiment was to extract the deuteron structure function A(Q{sup 2}) from the coincidence elastic electron-deuteron cross-section measurements. A squared four-momentum transfer (Q{sup 2}) range of 0.7 to 6.0 (Gev/c){sup 2} was covered. Data from this experiment improve the quality of existing data at the low end as well as significantly extend the Q{sup 2} range. The results are compared to conventional meson-nucleon calculations based on both the non-relativistic and relativistic impulse approximation. They are also compared to predictions of dimensional scaling and perturbative quantum chromodynamics.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• OSTI ID: 755720
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40150-1459; JLAB-PHY-98-04; TRN: US0002561
• Resource Relation: Conference: Baryons 98, Bonn (DE), 09/1998; Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
DEUTERONS
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
FOUR MOMENTUM TRANSFER
ELASTIC SCATTERING
DEUTERIUM TARGET
ELECTRON REACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
PERTURBATION THEORY