Polarization Measurements in High-Energy Deuteron Photodisintegration
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
We present measurements of the recoil proton polarization for the d(polarized y, polarized p)n reaction at thetac.m. = 90 degrees for photon energies up to 2.4 GeV. These are the first data in this reaction for polarization transfer with circularly polarized photons. The induced polarization py vanishes above 1 GeV, contrary to meson-baryon model expectations, in which resonances lead to large polarizations. However, the polarization transfer Cx does not vanish above 1 GeV, inconsistent with hadron helicity conservation. Thus, we show that the scaling behavior observed in the d(y,p)n cross sections is not a result of perturbative QCD. These data should provide important tests of new nonperturbative calculations in the intermediate energy regime.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84ER40150
- OSTI ID:
- 833904
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-01-77; DOE/ER/40150-2932
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 86; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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