arXiv · nucl-ex/0109015
Spin-Momentum Correlations in Quasi-Elastic Electron Scattering from Deuterium
Abstract
We report on a measurement of spin-momentum correlations in quasi-elastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons with an energy of 720 MeV from vector-polarized deuterium. The spin correlation parameter $A^V_{ed}$ was measured for the $^2 \vec{\rm H}(\vec e,e^\prime p)n$ reaction for missing momenta up to 350 MeV/$c$ at a four-momentum transfer squared of 0.21 (GeV/c)$^2$. The data give detailed information about the spin structure of the deuteron, and are in good agreement with the predictions of microscopic calculations based on realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials and including various spin-dependent reaction mechanism effects. The experiment demonstrates in a most direct manner the effects of the D-state in the deuteron ground-state wave function and shows the importance of isobar configurations for this reaction.
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I. Passchier, L. D. van Buuren, D. Szczerba, R. Alarcon, Th. S. Bauer, D. Boersma, J. F. J. van den Brand, H. J. Bulten, R. Ent, M. Ferro-Luzzi, M. Harvey, P. Heimberg, D. W. Higinbotham, S. Klous, H. Kolster, J. Lang, B. L. Militsyn, D. Nikolenko, G. J. L. Nooren, B. E. Norum, H. R. Poolman, I. Rachek, M. C. Simani, E. Six, H. de Vries, K. Wang, Z. -L. Zhou. 2001-09-21. Spin-Momentum Correlations in Quasi-Elastic Electron Scattering from Deuterium. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.102302
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