First measurement of the Ti(e,e')X cross section at Jefferson Lab

Dai, Hongxia

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.98.014617

Title: First measurement of the $Ti (e, e^{'}) X$ cross section at Jefferson Lab

Journal Article · 25 July 2018 · Physical Review C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.98.014617 · OSTI ID:1462021

Dai, Hongxia ^[1]

Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States). et al.

To probe CP violation in the leptonic sector using GeV energy neutrino beams in current and future experiments using argon detectors, precise models of the complex underlying neutrino and antineutrino interactions are needed. The E12-14-012 experiment at Jefferson Lab Hall A was designed to perform a combined analysis of inclusive and exclusive electron scatterings on both argon (N = 22) and titanium (Z = 22) nuclei using GeV-energy electron beams. The measurement on titanium nucleus provides essential information to understand the neutrino scattering on argon, large contribution to which comes from scattering off neutrons. Here we report the first experimental study of electron-titanium scattering as double-differential cross section at beam energy E = 2.222 GeV and electron-scattering angle θ = 15.541°, measured over a broad range of energy transfer, spanning the kinematical regions in which quasielastic scattering and delta production are the dominant reaction mechanisms. In conclusion, the data provide valuable new information needed to develop accurate theoretical models of the electromagnetic and weak cross sections of these complex nuclei in the kinematic regime of interest to neutrino experiments.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

Contributing Organization:: Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC02-76SF00515; AC05-06OR23177; FG02-96ER40950

OSTI ID:: 1462021

Report Number(s):: DOE/OR/23177--4360; JLAB-PHY--18-2656; arXiv:1803.01910

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 98; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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