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Title: Measurement of parity-violating asymmetry in electron-deuteron inelastic scattering

Journal Article · · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics

The parity-violating asymmetries between a longitudinally-polarized electron beam and an unpolarized deuterium target have been measured recently. The measurement covered two kinematic points in the deep inelastic scattering region and five in the nucleon resonance region. We provide here details of the experimental setup, data analysis, and results on all asymmetry measurements including parity-violating electron asymmetries and those of inclusive pion production and beam-normal asymmetries. The parity-violating deep-inelastic asymmetries were used to extract the electron-quark weak effective couplings, and the resonance asymmetries provided the first evidence for quark-hadron duality in electroweak observables. These electron asymmetries and their interpretation were published earlier, but are presented here in more detail.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Organization:
The PVDIS Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177; SC0003885; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1178639
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1179999
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-14-1963; DOE/OR/23177-3312; arXiv:1411.3200; PRVCAN; ArticleNumber: 045506
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 91, Issue 4; ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 23 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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