The large momentum transfer reaction 12C(p,2p + n) as a new method for measuring short range NN correlations in nuclei

J. Aclander; J. Alster; D. Barton; G. Bunce; A. Carroll; N. Christensen; H. Courant; S. Durrant; S. Gushue; S. Heppelmann; E. Kosonovsky; I. Mardor; Y. Mardor; M. Marshak; Y. Makdisi; E. D. Minor; I. Navon; H. Nicholson; E. Piasetzky; T. Roser; J. Russell; M. Sargsian; C. S. Sutton; M. Tanaka; C. White; J. Y. Wu

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00336-6

The large momentum transfer reaction ¹²C(p,2p + n) as a new method for measuring short range NN correlations in nuclei

J. Aclander, J. Alster, D. Barton, G. Bunce, A. Carroll, N. Christensen, H. Courant, S. Durrant, S. Gushue, S. Heppelmann, E. Kosonovsky, I. Mardor, Y. Mardor, M. Marshak, Y. Makdisi, E. D. Minor, I. Navon, H. Nicholson, E. Piasetzky, T. RoserJ. Russell, M. Sargsian, C. S. Sutton, M. Tanaka, C. White, J. Y. Wu

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Abstract

The reaction ¹²C(p,2p + n) was measured for momentum transfers of 4.8 and 6.2 (GeV/c)² at beam momenta of 5.9 and 7.5 GeV/c. We measured the quasi-elastic reaction (p,2p) at θcm ≃ 90°, in a kinematically complete measurement. The neutron momentum was measured in triple coincidence with the two emerging high momentum protons. We present the correlation between the momenta of the struck target proton and the neutron. The events are associated with the high momentum components of the nuclear wave function. We present sparse data which, combined with a quasi elastic description of the (p,2p) reaction and kinematical arguments, point to a novel way for isolating two-nucleon short range correlations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	211-216
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	453
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00336-6
State	Published - May 6 1999

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This researchw as supportedb y the U.S. - Israel Binational Science Foundation, the Israel Science Foundation founded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the NSF grant PHY-9501114 and the U.S. Department of Energy grant DEFG0290ER40.553.

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Aclander, J., Alster, J., Barton, D., Bunce, G., Carroll, A., Christensen, N., Courant, H., Durrant, S., Gushue, S., Heppelmann, S., Kosonovsky, E., Mardor, I., Mardor, Y., Marshak, M., Makdisi, Y., Minor, E. D., Navon, I., Nicholson, H., Piasetzky, E., ... Wu, J. Y. (1999). The large momentum transfer reaction ¹²C(p,2p + n) as a new method for measuring short range NN correlations in nuclei. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 453(3-4), 211-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00336-6

Aclander, J, Alster, J, Barton, D, Bunce, G, Carroll, A, Christensen, N, Courant, H, Durrant, S, Gushue, S, Heppelmann, S, Kosonovsky, E, Mardor, I, Mardor, Y, Marshak, M, Makdisi, Y, Minor, ED, Navon, I, Nicholson, H, Piasetzky, E, Roser, T, Russell, J, Sargsian, M, Sutton, CS, Tanaka, M, White, C & Wu, JY 1999, 'The large momentum transfer reaction ¹²C(p,2p + n) as a new method for measuring short range NN correlations in nuclei', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 453, no. 3-4, pp. 211-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00336-6

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