Electron scattering on A = 3 nuclei from quantum Monte Carlo based approaches

Andreoli, Lorenzo; Carlson, Joseph; Lovato, Alessandro; Pastore, Saori; Rocco, Noemi; Wiringa, R. B.

doi:10.1103/physrevc.105.014002

Title: Electron scattering on A = 3 nuclei from quantum Monte Carlo based approaches

Journal Article · 13 January 2022 · Physical Review. C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.105.014002 · OSTI ID:1840898

^[1]; Carlson, Joseph ^[2]; Lovato, Alessandro ^[3]; Pastore, Saori ^[1]; Rocco, Noemi ^[4]; Wiringa, R. B. ^[5]

Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trento (Italy)
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

We perform first-principle calculations of electron-nucleus scattering on ³He and ³H using the Green's function Monte Carlo method and two approaches based on the factorization of the final hadronic state: the spectral-function formalism and the short-time approximation. These three methods are benchmarked among each other and compared to the experimental data for the longitudinal and transverse electromagnetic response functions of ³He, and the inclusive cross sections of both ³He and ³H. Since these three approaches are based on the same description of nuclear dynamics of the initial target state, comparing their results enables a precise quantification of the uncertainties inherent to factorization schemes. At sufficiently large values of the momentum transfer, we find an excellent agreement of the Green's function Monte Carlo calculation with experimental data and with both the spectral-function formalism and the short-time approximation. Here, we also analyze the relevance of relativistic effects, whose inclusion becomes crucial to explain data at high momentum and energy transfer.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC52-06NA25396; SC0013617; AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1840898

Journal Information:: Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 105; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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