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Title: Measurement of nuclear transparency ratios for protons and neutrons

Abstract

This paper presents, for the first time, measurements of neutron transparency ratios for nuclei relative to C measured using the (e,e'n) reaction, spanning measured neutron momenta of 1.4 to 2.4 GeV/c. The transparency ratios were extracted in two kinematical regions, corresponding to knockout of mean-field nucleons and to the breakup of Short-Range Correlated nucleon pairs. The extracted neutron transparency ratios are consistent with each other for the two measured kinematical regions and agree with the proton transparencies extracted from new and previous (e,e'p) measurements, including those from neutron-rich nuclei such as lead. The data also agree with and confirm the Glauber approximation that is commonly used to interpret experimental data. The nuclear-mass-dependence of the extracted transparencies scales as Aα with α = -0.289±0.007, which is consistent with nuclear-surface dominance of the reactions.

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Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Chilean Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC-UK)
Contributing Org.:
CLAS Collaboration; The CLAS Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1545650
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1545485; OSTI ID: 1566151; OSTI ID: 1593822; OSTI ID: 1594375; OSTI ID: 1656760
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-19-3007; DOE/OR/23177-4754; arXiv:1811.01823
Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693; S0370269319304964; 134792; PII: S0370269319304964
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC05-06OR23177; FG02-96ER40960; SC0016583
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physics Letters. B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Journal Volume: 797 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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Duer, M., Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Weinstein, L. B., Schmidt, A., Korover, I., Cohen, E. O., Hakobyan, H., Adhikari, S., Angelini, G., Avakian, H., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Beck, A., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., Cruz Torres, R., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Duran, Burcu, Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hauenstein, F., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Laskaris, G., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., McKinnon, B., Mey-Tal Beck, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Mustapha, B., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Patsyuk, M., Payette, D., Price, J., Pocanic, D., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmookler, B. A., Schumacher, R. A., Segarra, E. P., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Wei, X., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zheng, X. Measurement of nuclear transparency ratios for protons and neutrons. Netherlands: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.07.039.
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Duer, M., Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Weinstein, L. B., Schmidt, A., Korover, I., Cohen, E. O., Hakobyan, H., Adhikari, S., Angelini, G., Avakian, H., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Beck, A., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., Cruz Torres, R., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Duran, Burcu, Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hauenstein, F., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Laskaris, G., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., McKinnon, B., Mey-Tal Beck, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Mustapha, B., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Patsyuk, M., Payette, D., Price, J., Pocanic, D., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmookler, B. A., Schumacher, R. A., Segarra, E. P., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Wei, X., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., & Zheng, X. Measurement of nuclear transparency ratios for protons and neutrons. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.07.039
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Duer, M., Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Weinstein, L. B., Schmidt, A., Korover, I., Cohen, E. O., Hakobyan, H., Adhikari, S., Angelini, G., Avakian, H., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Beck, A., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., Cruz Torres, R., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Duran, Burcu, Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hauenstein, F., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Laskaris, G., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., McKinnon, B., Mey-Tal Beck, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Mustapha, B., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Patsyuk, M., Payette, D., Price, J., Pocanic, D., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmookler, B. A., Schumacher, R. A., Segarra, E. P., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Wei, X., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zheng, X. Tue . "Measurement of nuclear transparency ratios for protons and neutrons". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.07.039.
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@article{osti_1545650,
title = {Measurement of nuclear transparency ratios for protons and neutrons},
author = {Duer, M. and Hen, O. and Piasetzky, E. and Weinstein, L. B. and Schmidt, A. and Korover, I. and Cohen, E. O. and Hakobyan, H. and Adhikari, S. and Angelini, G. and Avakian, H. and Ayerbe Gayoso, C. and Barion, L. and Battaglieri, M. and Beck, A. and Bedlinskiy, I. and Biselli, A. S. and Boiarinov, S. and Briscoe, W. J. and Brooks, W. and Burkert, V. D. and Cao, F. and Carman, D. S. and Celentano, A. and Chatagnon, P. and Chetry, T. and Ciullo, G. and Cole, P. L. and Contalbrigo, M. and Cortes, O. and Crede, V. and Cruz Torres, R. and D'Angelo, A. and Dashyan, N. and De Vita, R. and De Sanctis, E. and Deur, A. and Diehl, S. and Djalali, C. and Dupre, R. and Duran, Burcu and Egiyan, H. and Ehrhart, M. and El Alaoui, A. and El Fassi, L. and Eugenio, P. and Filippi, A. and Forest, T. A. and Gilfoyle, G. P. and Girod, F. X. and Golovatch, E. and Gothe, R. W. and Griffioen, K. A. and Guidal, M. and Guo, L. and Hafidi, K. and Hanretty, C. and Harrison, N. and Hattawy, M. and Hauenstein, F. and Hayward, T. B. and Heddle, D. and Holtrop, M. and Ilieva, Y. and Ireland, D. G. and Ishkhanov, B. S. and Isupov, E. L. and Jo, H. S. and Johnston, S. and Joo, K. and Joosten, S. and Keller, D. and Khachatryan, G. and Khachatryan, M. and Khanal, A. and Khandaker, M. and Kim, A. and Kim, W. and Klein, A. and Klein, F. J. and Kubarovsky, V. and Kuhn, S. E. and Kuleshov, S. V. and Lanza, L. and Laskaris, G. and Lenisa, P. and Livingston, K. and MacGregor, I. J. D. and Marchand, D. and McKinnon, B. and Mey-Tal Beck, S. and Mineeva, T. and Mirazita, M. and Mokeev, V. and Montgomery, R. A. and Movsisyan, A. and Munoz Camacho, C. and Mustapha, B. and Nadel-Turonski, P. and Niccolai, S. and Niculescu, G. and Osipenko, M. and Ostrovidov, A. I. and Paolone, M. and Pappalardo, L. L. and Paremuzyan, R. and Pasyuk, E. and Patsyuk, M. and Payette, D. and Price, J. and Pocanic, D. and Pogorelko, O. and Prok, Y. and Protopopescu, D. and Raue, B. A. and Ripani, M. and Riser, D. and Rizzo, A. and Rosner, G. and Rossi, P. and Sabatié, F. and Salgado, C. and Schmookler, B. A. and Schumacher, R. A. and Segarra, E. P. and Sharabian, Y. G. and Skorodumina, Iu. and Sokhan, D. and Soto, O. and Sparveris, N. and Stepanyan, S. and Strauch, S. and Taiuti, M. and Tan, J. A. and Ungaro, M. and Voskanyan, H. and Voutier, E. and Wang, R. and Wei, X. and Zachariou, N. and Zhang, J. and Zhao, Z. W. and Zheng, X.},
abstractNote = {This paper presents, for the first time, measurements of neutron transparency ratios for nuclei relative to C measured using the (e,e'n) reaction, spanning measured neutron momenta of 1.4 to 2.4 GeV/c. The transparency ratios were extracted in two kinematical regions, corresponding to knockout of mean-field nucleons and to the breakup of Short-Range Correlated nucleon pairs. The extracted neutron transparency ratios are consistent with each other for the two measured kinematical regions and agree with the proton transparencies extracted from new and previous (e,e'p) measurements, including those from neutron-rich nuclei such as lead. The data also agree with and confirm the Glauber approximation that is commonly used to interpret experimental data. The nuclear-mass-dependence of the extracted transparencies scales as Aα with α = -0.289±0.007, which is consistent with nuclear-surface dominance of the reactions.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2019.07.039},
journal = {Physics Letters. B},
number = C,
volume = 797,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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