Strange Quark Contributions to Parity-Violating Asymmetries in the Backward Angle G0 Electron Scattering Experiment.

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.012001· OSTI ID:979402

D. Androic, D. S. Armstrong, J. Arvieux†, S. L. Bailey, D. H. Beck, E. J. Beise, J. Benesch,; F. Benmokhtar, L. Bimbot, J. Birchall, P. Bosted, H. Breuer, C. L. Capuano, Y.-C. Chao, A. Coppens,; C. A. Davis, C. Ellis, G. Flores, G. Franklin, C. Furget, D. Gaskell, M. T. W. Gericke, J. Grames,; G. Guillard, J. Hansknecht, T. Horn, M. Jones, P. M. King, W. Korsch, S. Kox, L. Lee, J. Liu,; A. Lung, J. Mammei, J. W. Martin, R. D. McKeown, M. Mihovilovic, A. Micherdzinska, H. Mkrtchyan, M. Muether, S. A. Page, V. Papavassiliou, S. F. Pate, S. K. Phillips, P. Pillot, M. L. Pitt, M. Poelker, B. Quinn, W. D. Ramsay, J.-S. Real, J. Roche, P. Roos, J. Schaub, T. Seva, N. Simicevic, G. R. Smith, D. T. Spayde, M. Stutzman, R. Suleiman, V. Tadevosyan, W. T. H. van Oers, M. Versteegen, E. Voutier, W. Vulcan, S. P. Wells, S. E. Williamson, S.A. Wood

We have measured parity-violating asymmetries in elastic electron-proton and quasielastic electron-deuteron scattering at Q2=0.22 and 0.63 GeV2. They are sensitive to strange quark contributions to currents in the nucleon and the nucleon axial-vector current. The results indicate strange quark contributions of ≲10% of the charge and magnetic nucleon form factors at these four-momentum transfers. We also present the first measurement of anapole moment effects in the axial-vector current at these four-momentum transfers.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 979402
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-09-1128; DOE/OR/23177-1200; PRLTAO; TRN: US1003183
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 1; ISSN 0031-9007
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
AXIAL-VECTOR CURRENTS
ELECTRONS
FORM FACTORS
FOUR MOMENTUM TRANSFER
NUCLEONS
QUARKS
SCATTERING