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Title: A Measurement of the Exclusive 3He(e,e'p) Reaction Below the Quasi-Elastic Peak

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
OSTI ID:836100

New, high-precision measurements of the 3He(e,e'p) reaction using the A1 collaboration spectrometers at the Mainz microtron MAMI are presented. These were performed in antiparallel kinematics at energy transfers below the quasi-elastic peak, and at a central momentum transfer of 685 MeV/c. Cross sections and distorted momentum distributions were extracted and compared to theoretical predictions and existing data. The longitudinal and transverse behavior of the cross section was also studied. Sizable differences in the cross-section behavior from theoretical predictions based on Plane Wave Impulse Approximation were observed in both the two- and three-body breakup channels. Full Faddeev-type calculations account for some of the observed excess cross section, but significant differences remain.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
836100
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-03-65; DOE/ER/40150-4983; nucl-ex/0310021; PRLTAO; TRN: US0500473
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 93; Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 2004; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English