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Title: Searching for three-nucleon short-range correlations

Abstract

Three-nucleon (3N) short-range correlations (SRCs) are some of the most elusive structures in nuclei. Their observation and the subsequent study of their internal makeup will have a significant impact on our understanding of the dynamics of the superdense nuclear matter which exists at the cores of neutron stars. In this paper, we discuss the kinematic conditions and observables that are most favorable for probing 3N SRCs in inclusive electronuclear processes and make a prediction for a quadratic dependence of the probabilities of finding a nucleon in 2N and 3N SRCs. We demonstrate that this prediction is consistent with the limited high-energy experimental data available, suggesting that we have observed, for the first time, 3N SRCs in electronuclear processes. Our analysis enables us to extract a3(A, Z), the probability of finding 3N SRCs in nuclei relative to the A = 3 system.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
  3. Tel Aviv Univ., Ramat Aviv (Israel)
  4. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Florida International Univ. (FIU), Miami, FL (United States); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1800023
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1573292
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-01ER41172; FG02-93ER40771; FG02-96ER40950
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Physics

Citation Formats

Sargsian, Misak M., Day, Donal B., Frankfurt, Leonid L., and Strikman, Mark I. Searching for three-nucleon short-range correlations. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevc.100.044320.
Sargsian, Misak M., Day, Donal B., Frankfurt, Leonid L., & Strikman, Mark I. Searching for three-nucleon short-range correlations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.100.044320
Sargsian, Misak M., Day, Donal B., Frankfurt, Leonid L., and Strikman, Mark I. Mon . "Searching for three-nucleon short-range correlations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.100.044320. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1800023.
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title = {Searching for three-nucleon short-range correlations},
author = {Sargsian, Misak M. and Day, Donal B. and Frankfurt, Leonid L. and Strikman, Mark I.},
abstractNote = {Three-nucleon (3N) short-range correlations (SRCs) are some of the most elusive structures in nuclei. Their observation and the subsequent study of their internal makeup will have a significant impact on our understanding of the dynamics of the superdense nuclear matter which exists at the cores of neutron stars. In this paper, we discuss the kinematic conditions and observables that are most favorable for probing 3N SRCs in inclusive electronuclear processes and make a prediction for a quadratic dependence of the probabilities of finding a nucleon in 2N and 3N SRCs. We demonstrate that this prediction is consistent with the limited high-energy experimental data available, suggesting that we have observed, for the first time, 3N SRCs in electronuclear processes. Our analysis enables us to extract a3(A, Z), the probability of finding 3N SRCs in nuclei relative to the A = 3 system.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevc.100.044320},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 4,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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