Quasi-elastic polarization-transfer measurements on the deuteron in anti-parallel kinematics

S. Paul (School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) ; D. Izraeli (School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) ; T. Brecelj (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia) ; I. Yaron (School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) ; P. Achenbach (Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany) ; et al. - Show all 44 authors

We present measurements of the polarization-transfer components in the H2(e,ep) reaction, covering a previously unexplored kinematic region with large positive (anti-parallel) missing momentum, pmiss, up to 220MeV/c, and Q2=0.65 (GeV/c)2. These measurements, performed at the Mainz Microtron (MAMI), were motivated by theoretical calculations which predict small final-state interaction (FSI) effects in these kinematics, making them favorable for searching for medium modifications of bound nucleons in nuclei. We find in this kinematic region that the measured polarization-transfer components Px and Pz and their ratio agree with the theoretical calculations, which use free-proton form factors. Using this, we establish upper limits on possible medium effects that modify the bound proton's form factor ratio GE/GM at the level of a few percent. We also compare the measured polarization-transfer components and their ratio for $^{2}$H to those of a free (moving) proton. We find that the universal behavior of $^{2}$H, $^{4}$He and $^{12}$C in the double ratio (Px/Pz)A(Px/Pz)H1 is maintained in the positive missing-momentum region.

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Published on:
31 July 2019
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Elsevier
Published in:
Physics Letters B , Volume 795 C (2019)

Pages 599-605
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.07.002
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