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1. 12C(e,e'pN) measurements of short range correlations in the tensor-to-scalar interaction transition region

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I. Korover, J.R. Pybus, A. Schmidt, F. Hauenstein, M. Duer, O. Hen, E. Piasetzky, L.B. Weinstein, D.W. Higinbotham, S. Adhikari, K. Adhikari, M.J. Amaryan, Giovanni Angelini, H. Atac, L. Barion, M. Battaglieri, A. Beck, I. Bedlinskiy, Fatiha Benmokhtar, A. Bianconi, A.S. Biselli, S. Boiarinov, W.J. Briscoe, W.K. Brooks, D. Bulumulla, V.D. Burkert, D.S. Carman, A. Celentano, P. Chatagnon, T. Chetry, L. Clark, B. Clary, P.L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, V. Crede, R. Cruz-Torres, A. D'Angelo, R. De Vita, M. Defurne, A. Denniston, A. Deur, S. Diehl, C. Djalali, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, M. Ehrhart, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, P. Eugenio, R. Fersch, A. Filippi, T. Forest, G. Gavalian, F.X. Girod, E. Golovatch, R.W. Gothe, K.A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, N. Harrison, M. Hattawy, T.B. Hayward, D. Heddle, K. Hicks, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, D.G. Ireland, E.L. Isupov, D. Jenkins, H.S. Jo, K. Joo, S. Joosten, D. Keller, M. Khachatryan, A. Khanal, M. Khandaker, A. Kim, C.W. Kim, F.J. Klein, V. Kubarovsky, L. Lanza, M. Leali, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, V. Lucherini, I.J.D. MacGregor, D. Marchand, N. Markov, L. Marsicano, V. Mascagna, B. McKinnon, S. Mey-Tal Beck, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, A. Movsisyan, C. Munoz Camacho, B. Mustapha, P. Nadel-Turonski, K. Neupane, G. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A.I. Ostrovidov, M. Paolone, L.L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, E. Pasyuk, W. Phelps, O. Pogorelko, J.W. Price, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, B.A. Raue, M. Ripani, J. Ritman, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, J. Rowley, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, R.A. Schumacher, E.P. Segarra, Y.G. Sharabian, U. Shrestha, D. Sokhan, O. Soto, N. Sparveris, S. Stepanyan, I.I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, J.A. Tan, N. Tyler, M. Ungaro, L. Venturelli, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, T. Wang, D. Watts, X. Wei, M.H. Wood, N. Zachariou, J. Zhang, Z.W. Zhao, and X. Zheng

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

High-momentum configurations of nucleon pairs at short-distance are probed using measurements of the 12C(e,e′p) and 12C(e,e′pN) reactions (where N is either n or p), at high-Q2 and xB>1.1. The data span a missing-momentum range of 300–1000 MeV/c and are predominantly sensitive to the transition region of the strong nuclear interaction from a Tensor to Scalar interaction. The data are well reproduced by theoretical calculations using the Generalized Contact Formalism with both chiral and phenomenological nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction models. This agreement suggests that the measured high missing-momentum protons up to 1000 MeV/c predominantly belong to short-ranged correlated (SRC) pairs. The measured 12C(e,e′pN) / 12C(e,e′p) and 12C(e,e′pp) / 12C(e,e′pn) cross-section ratios are consistent with a decrease in the fraction of proton-neutron SRC pairs and increase in the fraction of proton-proton SRC pairs with increasing missing momentum. This confirms the transition from an isospin-dependent tensor NN interaction at ∼400 MeV/c to an isospin-independent scalar interaction at high-momentum around ∼800 MeV/c as predicted by theoretical calculation.

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2021
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2. Measurement of nuclear transparency ratios for protons and neutrons

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M. Duer, O. Hen, E. Piasetzky, L.B. Weinstein, A. Schmidt, I. Korover, E.O. Cohen, H. Hakobyan, S. Adhikari, G. Angelini, H. Avakian, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, L. Barion, M. Battaglieri, A. Beck, I. Bedlinskiy, A.S. Biselli, S. Boiarinov, W.J. Briscoe, W. Brooks, V.D. Burkert, F. Cao, D.S. Carman, A. Celentano, P. Chatagnon, T. Chetry, G. Ciullo, P.L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, O. Cortes, V. Crede, R. Cruz Torres, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, A. Deur, S. Diehl, C. Djalali, R. Dupre, Burcu Duran, H. Egiyan, M. Ehrhart, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, P. Eugenio, A. Filippi, T.A. Forest, G.P. Gilfoyle, F.X. Girod, E. Golovatch, R.W. Gothe, K.A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, L. Guo, K. Hafidi, C. Hanretty, N. Harrison, M. Hattawy, F. Hauenstein, T.B. Hayward, D. Heddle, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, D.G. Ireland, B.S. Ishkhanov, E.L. Isupov, H.S. Jo, S. Johnston, K. Joo, S. Joosten, D. Keller, G. Khachatryan, M. Khachatryan, A. Khanal, M. Khandaker, A. Kim, W. Kim, A. Klein, F.J. Klein, V. Kubarovsky, S.E. Kuhn, S.V. Kuleshov, L. Lanza, G. Laskaris, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, I.J.D. MacGregor, D. Marchand, B. McKinnon, S. Mey-Tal Beck, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, R.A. Montgomery, A. Movsisyan, C. Munoz Camacho, B. Mustapha, P. Nadel-Turonski, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A.I. Ostrovidov, M. Paolone, L.L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, E. Pasyuk, M. Patsyuk, D. Payette, J. Price, D. Pocanic, O. Pogorelko, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, B.A. Raue, M. Ripani, D. Riser, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, B.A. Schmookler, R.A. Schumacher, E.P. Segarra, Y.G. Sharabian, Iu. Skorodumina, D. Sokhan, O. Soto, N. Sparveris, S. Stepanyan, S. Strauch, M. Taiuti, J.A. Tan, M. Ungaro, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, R. Wang, X. Wei, N. Zachariou, J. Zhang, Z.W. Zhao, and X. Zheng

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

This paper presents, for the first time, measurements of neutron transparency ratios for nuclei relative to C measured using the (e,e′n) reaction, spanning measured neutron momenta of 1.4 to 2.4 GeV/c. The transparency ratios were extracted in two kinematical regions, corresponding to knockout of mean-field nucleons and to the breakup of Short-Range Correlated nucleon pairs. The extracted neutron transparency ratios are consistent with each other for the two measured kinematical regions and agree with the proton transparencies extracted from new and previous (e,e′p) measurements, including those from neutron-rich nuclei such as lead. The data also agree with and confirm the Glauber approximation that is commonly used to interpret experimental data. The nuclear-mass-dependence of the extracted transparencies scales as Aα with α=−0.289±0.007, which is consistent with nuclear-surface dominance of the reactions.

Published
2019
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3. Comparing proton momentum distributions in A = 2 and 3 nuclei via 2H 3H and 3He (e,e′p) measurements

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R. Cruz-Torres, S. Li, F. Hauenstein, A. Schmidt, D. Nguyen, D. Abrams, H. Albataineh, S. Alsalmi, D. Androic, K. Aniol, W. Armstrong, J. Arrington, H. Atac, T. Averett, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, X. Bai, J. Bane, S. Barcus, A. Beck, V. Bellini, H. Bhatt, D. Bhetuwal, D. Biswas, D. Blyth, W. Boeglin, D. Bulumulla, A. Camsonne, J. Castellanos, J.-P. Chen, E.O. Cohen, S. Covrig, K. Craycraft, B. Dongwi, M. Duer, B. Duran, D. Dutta, E. Fuchey, C. Gal, T.N. Gautam, S. Gilad, K. Gnanvo, T. Gogami, J. Gomez, C. Gu, A. Habarakada, T. Hague, O. Hansen, M. Hattawy, O. Hen, D.W. Higinbotham, E. Hughes, C. Hyde, H. Ibrahim, S. Jian, S. Joosten, A. Karki, B. Karki, A.T. Katramatou, C. Keppel, M. Khachatryan, V. Khachatryan, A. Khanal, D. King, P. King, I. Korover, T. Kutz, N. Lashley-Colthirst, G. Laskaris, W. Li, H. Liu, N. Liyanage, D. Lonardoni, R. Machleidt, L.E. Marcucci, P. Markowitz, R.E. McClellan, D. Meekins, S. Mey-Tal Beck, Z.-E. Meziani, R. Michaels, M. Mihovilovič, V. Nelyubin, N. Nuruzzaman, M. Nycz, R. Obrecht, M. Olson, L. Ou, V. Owen, B. Pandey, V. Pandey, A. Papadopoulou, S. Park, M. Patsyuk, S. Paul, G.G. Petratos, E. Piasetzky, R. Pomatsalyuk, S. Premathilake, A.J.R. Puckett, V. Punjabi, R. Ransome, M.N.H. Rashad, P.E. Reimer, S. Riordan, J. Roche, F. Sammarruca, N. Santiesteban, B. Sawatzky, E.P. Segarra, B. Schmookler, A. Shahinyan, S. Širca, N. Sparveris, T. Su, R. Suleiman, H. Szumila-Vance, A.S. Tadepalli, L. Tang, W. Tireman, F. Tortorici, G. Urciuoli, M. Viviani, L.B. Weinstein, B. Wojtsekhowski, S. Wood, Z.H. Ye, Z.Y. Ye, and J. Zhang

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

We report the first measurement of the (e,e′p) reaction cross-section ratios for Helium-3 (He3), Tritium (H3), and Deuterium (d). The measurement covered a missing momentum range of 40≤pmiss≤550MeV/c, at large momentum transfer (〈Q2〉≈1.9 (GeV/c)2) and xB>1, which minimized contributions from non quasi-elastic (QE) reaction mechanisms. The data is compared with plane-wave impulse approximation (PWIA) calculations using realistic spectral functions and momentum distributions. The measured and PWIA-calculated cross-section ratios for He3/d and H3/d extend to just above the typical nucleon Fermi-momentum (kF≈250 MeV/c) and differ from each other by ∼20%, while for He3/H3 they agree within the measurement accuracy of about 3%. At momenta above kF, the measured He3/H3 ratios differ from the calculation by 20%−50%. Final state interaction (FSI) calculations using the generalized Eikonal Approximation indicate that FSI should change the He3/H3 cross-section ratio for this measurement by less than 5%. If these calculations are correct, then the differences at large missing momenta between the He3/H3 experimental and calculated ratios could be due to the underlying NN interaction, and thus could provide new constraints on the previously loosely-constrained short-distance parts of the NN interaction.

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2019
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4. Probing few-body nuclear dynamics via 3H and 3He (e,e'p)pn cross-section measurements

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Cruz-Torres, R., Nguyen, D., Hauenstein, F., Schmidt, A., Li, S., Abrams, D., Albataineh, H., Alsalmi, S., Androic, D., Aniol, K., Armstrong, W., Arrington, J., Atac, H., Averett, T., Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Bai, X., Bane, J., Barcus, S., Beck, A., Bellini, V., Benmokhtar, F., Bhatt, H., Bhetuwal, D., Biswas, D., Blyth, D., Boeglin, W., Bulumulla, D., Camsonne, A., Castellanos, J., Chen, J-P., Cohen, E. O., Covrig, S., Craycraft, K., Dongwi, B., Duer, M., Duran, B., Dutta, D., Fuchey, E., Gal, C., Gautam, T. N., Gilad, S., Gnanvo, K., Gogami, T., Golak, J., Gomez, J., Gu, C., Hague, A. Habarakada T., Hansen, O., Hattawy, M., Hen, O., Higinbotham, D. W., Hughes, E., Hyde, C., Ibrahim, H., Jian, S., Joosten, S., Kamada, H., Karki, A., Karki, B., Katramatou, A. T., Keppel, C., Khachatryan, M., Khachatryan, V., Khanal, A., King, D., King, P., Korover, I., Kutz, T., Lashley-Colthirst, N., Laskaris, G., Li, W., Liu, H., Liyanage, N., Markowitz, P., McClellan, R. E., Meekins, D., Meziani, S. Mey-Tal Beck Z-E., Michaels, R., Mihovilovic, M., Nelyubin, V., Nuruzzaman, N., Nycz, M., Obrecht, R., Olson, M., Ou, L., Owen, V., Pandey, B., Pandey, V., Papadopoulou, A., Park, S., Patsyuk, M., Paul, S., Petratos, G. G., Piasetzky, E., Pomatsalyuk, R., Premathilake, S., Puckett, A. J. R., Punjabi, V., Ransome, R., Rashad, M. N. H., Reimer, P. E., Riordan, S., Roche, J., Sargsian, M., Santiesteban, N., Sawatzky, B., Segarra, E. P., Schmookler, B., Shahinyan, A., Sirca, S., Skibinski, R., Sparveris, N., Su, T., Suleiman, R., Szumila-Vance, H., Tadepalli, A. S., Tang, L., Tireman, W., Topolnicki, K., Tortorici, F., Urciuoli, G., Weinstein, L. B., Witala, H., Wojtsekhowski, B., Wood, S., Ye, Z. H., Ye, Z. Y., and Zhang, J.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

We report the first measurement of the \eep three-body breakup reaction cross sections in helium-3 ($^3$He) and tritium ($^3$H) at large momentum transfer ($\langle Q^2 \rangle \approx 1.9$ (GeV/c)$^2$) and $x_B>1$ kinematics, where the cross section should be sensitive to quasielastic (QE) scattering from single nucleons. The data cover missing momenta $40 \le p_{miss} \le 500$ MeV/c that, in the QE limit with no rescattering, equals the initial momentum of the probed nucleon. The measured cross sections are compared with state-of-the-art ab-initio calculations. Overall good agreement, within $\pm20\%$, is observed between data and calculations for the full $p_{miss}$ range for $^3$H and for $100 \le p_{miss} \le 350$ MeV/c for $^3$He. Including the effects of rescattering of the outgoing nucleon improves agreement with the data at $p_{miss} > 250$ MeV/c and suggests contributions from charge-exchange (SCX) rescattering. The isoscalar sum of $^3$He plus $^3$H, which is largely insensitive to SCX, is described by calculations to within the accuracy of the data over the entire $p_{miss}$ range. This validates current models of the ground state of the three-nucleon system up to very high initial nucleon momenta of $500$ MeV/c., Comment: Accepted for publication in PRL. 8 pages, 3 figures, and online supplementary materials

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2020
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5. Measurement of the Nucleon F_{2}^{n}/F_{2}^{p} Structure Function Ratio by the Jefferson Lab MARATHON Tritium/Helium-3 Deep Inelastic Scattering Experiment

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D, Abrams, H, Albataineh, B S, Aljawrneh, S, Alsalmi, D, Androic, K, Aniol, W, Armstrong, J, Arrington, H, Atac, T, Averett, C Ayerbe, Gayoso, X, Bai, J, Bane, S, Barcus, A, Beck, V, Bellini, H, Bhatt, D, Bhetuwal, D, Biswas, D, Blyth, W, Boeglin, D, Bulumulla, J, Butler, A, Camsonne, M, Carmignotto, J, Castellanos, J-P, Chen, E O, Cohen, S, Covrig, K, Craycraft, R, Cruz-Torres, B, Dongwi, B, Duran, D, Dutta, E, Fuchey, C, Gal, T N, Gautam, S, Gilad, K, Gnanvo, T, Gogami, J, Gomez, C, Gu, A, Habarakada, T, Hague, J-O, Hansen, M, Hattawy, F, Hauenstein, D W, Higinbotham, R J, Holt, E W, Hughes, C, Hyde, H, Ibrahim, S, Jian, S, Joosten, A, Karki, B, Karki, A T, Katramatou, C, Keith, C, Keppel, M, Khachatryan, V, Khachatryan, A, Khanal, A, Kievsky, D, King, P M, King, I, Korover, S A, Kulagin, K S, Kumar, T, Kutz, N, Lashley-Colthirst, S, Li, W, Li, H, Liu, S, Liuti, N, Liyanage, P, Markowitz, R E, McClellan, D, Meekins, S Mey-Tal, Beck, Z-E, Meziani, R, Michaels, M, Mihovilovic, V, Nelyubin, D, Nguyen, Nuruzzaman, M, Nycz, R, Obrecht, M, Olson, V F, Owen, E, Pace, B, Pandey, V, Pandey, M, Paolone, A, Papadopoulou, S, Park, S, Paul, G G, Petratos, R, Petti, E, Piasetzky, R, Pomatsalyuk, S, Premathilake, A J R, Puckett, V, Punjabi, R D, Ransome, M N H, Rashad, P E, Reimer, S, Riordan, J, Roche, G, Salmè, N, Santiesteban, B, Sawatzky, S, Scopetta, A, Schmidt, B, Schmookler, J, Segal, E P, Segarra, A, Shahinyan, S, Širca, N, Sparveris, T, Su, R, Suleiman, H, Szumila-Vance, A S, Tadepalli, L, Tang, W, Tireman, F, Tortorici, G M, Urciuoli, B, Wojtsekhowski, S, Wood, Z H, Ye, Z Y, Ye, and J, Zhang

Abstract

The ratio of the nucleon F_{2} structure functions, F_{2}^{n}/F_{2}^{p}, is determined by the MARATHON experiment from measurements of deep inelastic scattering of electrons from ^{3}H and ^{3}He nuclei. The experiment was performed in the Hall A Facility of Jefferson Lab using two high-resolution spectrometers for electron detection, and a cryogenic target system which included a low-activity tritium cell. The data analysis used a novel technique exploiting the mirror symmetry of the two nuclei, which essentially eliminates many theoretical uncertainties in the extraction of the ratio. The results, which cover the Bjorken scaling variable range 0.19x0.83, represent a significant improvement compared to previous SLAC and Jefferson Lab measurements for the ratio. They are compared to recent theoretical calculations and empirical determinations of the F_{2}^{n}/F_{2}^{p} ratio.

Published
2022

6. Revealing the short-range structure of the mirror nuclei

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S, Li, R, Cruz-Torres, N, Santiesteban, Z H, Ye, D, Abrams, S, Alsalmi, D, Androic, K, Aniol, J, Arrington, T, Averett, C Ayerbe, Gayoso, J, Bane, S, Barcus, J, Barrow, A, Beck, V, Bellini, H, Bhatt, D, Bhetuwal, D, Biswas, D, Bulumulla, A, Camsonne, J, Castellanos, J, Chen, J-P, Chen, D, Chrisman, M E, Christy, C, Clarke, S, Covrig, K, Craycraft, D, Day, D, Dutta, E, Fuchey, C, Gal, F, Garibaldi, T N, Gautam, T, Gogami, J, Gomez, P, Guèye, A, Habarakada, T J, Hague, J O, Hansen, F, Hauenstein, W, Henry, D W, Higinbotham, R J, Holt, C, Hyde, T, Itabashi, M, Kaneta, A, Karki, A T, Katramatou, C E, Keppel, M, Khachatryan, V, Khachatryan, P M, King, I, Korover, L, Kurbany, T, Kutz, N, Lashley-Colthirst, W B, Li, H, Liu, N, Liyanage, E, Long, J, Mammei, P, Markowitz, R E, McClellan, F, Meddi, D, Meekins, S Mey-Tal, Beck, R, Michaels, M, Mihovilovič, A, Moyer, S, Nagao, V, Nelyubin, D, Nguyen, M, Nycz, M, Olson, L, Ou, V, Owen, C, Palatchi, B, Pandey, A, Papadopoulou, S, Park, S, Paul, T, Petkovic, R, Pomatsalyuk, S, Premathilake, V, Punjabi, R D, Ransome, P E, Reimer, J, Reinhold, S, Riordan, J, Roche, V M, Rodriguez, A, Schmidt, B, Schmookler, E P, Segarra, A, Shahinyan, K, Slifer, P, Solvignon, S, Širca, T, Su, R, Suleiman, H, Szumila-Vance, L, Tang, Y, Tian, W, Tireman, F, Tortorici, Y, Toyama, K, Uehara, G M, Urciuoli, D, Votaw, J, Williamson, B, Wojtsekhowski, S, Wood, J, Zhang, and X, Zheng

Abstract

When protons and neutrons (nucleons) are bound into atomic nuclei, they are close enough to feel significant attraction, or repulsion, from the strong, short-distance part of the nucleon-nucleon interaction. These strong interactions lead to hard collisions between nucleons, generating pairs of highly energetic nucleons referred to as short-range correlations (SRCs). SRCs are an important but relatively poorly understood part of nuclear structure

Published
2021

7. Probing Few-Body Nuclear Dynamics via H3 and He3 (e,e′p)pn Cross-Section Measurements

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M. Mihovilovic, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Darko Androić, D. Blyth, R. I. Pomatsalyuk, R. Obrecht, Andrew Puckett, Toshiyuki Gogami, Shalev Gilad, H. F. Ibrahim, B. Karki, Dipangkar Dutta, J. Castellanos, N. Santiesteban, Afroditi Papadopoulou, Pete Markowitz, M. Duer, Misak Sargsian, J. Arrington, M. Khachatryan, K. A. Aniol, S. Alsalmi, Nikolaos Sparveris, W. Tireman, Henryk Witała, Z. E. Meziani, J. P. Chen, Siyu Jian, T. Gautam, A. Karki, P. E. Reimer, H. Bhatt, I. Korover, R. Cruz-Torres, Nilanga Liyanage, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, V. Bellini, M. N. H. Rashad, G. M. Urciuoli, S. Covrig, Elliot Hughes, Z. Ye, S. Mey-Tal Beck, B. Schmookler, L. Ou, Weidong Li, J. Gomez, Simon Širca, B. Pandey, H. Albataineh, S. Barcus, S. Premathilake, E. Piasetzky, Ronald Ransome, D. Nguyen, Or Hen, Vladimir Nelyubin, Shanfeng Li, A. Beck, A. Camsonne, E. Fuchey, A. S. Tadepalli, Jacek Golak, P. M. King, T. Averett, D. G. Meekins, A. T. Katramatou, A. Shahinyan, Alexander Schmidt, N. Nuruzzaman, C. E. Hyde, R. E. McClellan, T. Kutz, Larry Weinstein, F. Hauenstein, Sylvester Joosten, S. A. Wood, G. Laskaris, W. U. Boeglin, D. Bulumulla, D. Biswas, F. Tortorici, Olfred Hansen, J. Roche, G. G. Petratos, L. Tang, Fatiha Benmokhtar, H. Atac, R. Skibiński, Kondo Gnanvo, Aditya R. Khanal, M. Nycz, D. Abrams, Cynthia Keppel, X. Bai, S. Park, H. Szumila-Vance, B. Duran, E.P. Segarra, S. Riordan, V. Khachatryan, V. A. Punjabi, C. Gu, Vishvas Pandey, T. Hague, D. King, M. Hattawy, D. Bhetuwal, Eliahu Cohen, R. Michaels, Hongjun Liu, M. Olson, M. Patsyuk, Kacper Topolnicki, B. Sawatzky, N. Lashley-Colthirst, Jiawen Zhang, Whitney Armstrong, S. Paul, T. Su, B. Dongwi, Hiroyuki Kamada, Douglas Higinbotham, V. Owen, J. Bane, C. Gal, A. Habarakada, Riad Suleiman, and K. Craycraft

Subjects
Physics, Scattering, Isoscalar, Nuclear Theory, Momentum transfer, General Physics and Astronomy, Few-body systems, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Cover (topology), 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear force, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Ground state, Nucleon
Abstract

We report the first measurement of the (e,e^{'}p) three-body breakup reaction cross sections in helium-3 (^{3}He) and tritium (^{3}H) at large momentum transfer [⟨Q^{2}⟩≈1.9 (GeV/c)^{2}] and x_{B}>1 kinematics, where the cross section should be sensitive to quasielastic (QE) scattering from single nucleons. The data cover missing momenta 40≤p_{miss}≤500 MeV/c that, in the QE limit with no rescattering, equals the initial momentum of the probed nucleon. The measured cross sections are compared with state-of-the-art ab initio calculations. Overall good agreement, within ±20%, is observed between data and calculations for the full p_{miss} range for ^{3}H and for 100≤p_{miss}≤350 MeV/c for ^{3}He. Including the effects of rescattering of the outgoing nucleon improves agreement with the data at p_{miss}>250 MeV/c and suggests contributions from charge-exchange (SCX) rescattering. The isoscalar sum of ^{3}He plus ^{3}H, which is largely insensitive to SCX, is described by calculations to within the accuracy of the data over the entire p_{miss} range. This validates current models of the ground state of the three-nucleon system up to very high initial nucleon momenta of 500 MeV/c.

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2020
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8. Probing few-body nuclear dynamics via ^{3}H and ^{3}He (e, {e}'p)pn cross-section measurements

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R, Cruz-Torres, D, Nguyen, F, Hauenstein, A, Schmidt, S, Li, D, Abrams, H, Albataineh, S, Alsalmi, D, Androic, K, Aniol, W, Armstrong, J, Arrington, H, Atac, T, Averett, C, Ayerbe Gayoso, X, Bai, J, Bane, S, Barcus, A, Beck, V, Bellini, F, Benmokhtar, H, Bhatt, D, Bhetuwal, D, Biswas, D, Blyth, W, Boeglin, D, Bulumulla, A, Camsonne, J, Castellanos, J-P, Chen, E O, Cohen, S, Covrig, K, Craycraft, B, Dongwi, M, Duer, B, Duran, D, Dutta, E, Fuchey, C, Gal, T N, Gautam, S, Gilad, K, Gnanvo, T, Gogami, J, Golak, J, Gomez, C, Gu, A, Habarakada, T, Hague, O, Hansen, M, Hattawy, O, Hen, D W, Higinbotham, E, Hughes, C, Hyde, H, Ibrahim, S, Jian, S, Joosten, H, Kamada, A, Karki, B, Karki, A T, Katramatou, C, Keppel, M, Khachatryan, V, Khachatryan, A, Khanal, D, King, P, King, I, Korover, T, Kutz, N, Lashley-Colthirst, G, Laskaris, W, Li, H, Liu, N, Liyanage, P, Markowitz, R E, McClellan, D, Meekins, S, Mey-Tal Beck, Z-E, Meziani, R, Michaels, M, Mihovilovič, V, Nelyubin, N, Nuruzzaman, M, Nycz, R, Obrecht, M, Olson, L, Ou, V, Owen, B, Pandey, V, Pandey, A, Papadopoulou, S, Park, M, Patsyuk, S, Paul, G G, Petratos, E, Piasetzky, R, Pomatsalyuk, S, Premathilake, A J R, Puckett, V, Punjabi, R, Ransome, M N H, Rashad, P E, Reimer, S, Riordan, J, Roche, M, Sargsian, N, Santiesteban, B, Sawatzky, E P, Segarra, B, Schmookler, A, Shahinyan, S, Širca, R, Skibiński, N, Sparveris, T, Su, R, Suleiman, H, Szumila-Vance, A S, Tadepalli, L, Tang, W, Tireman, K, Topolnicki, F, Tortorici, G, Urciuoli, L B, Weinstein, H, Witała, B, Wojtsekhowski, S, Wood, Z H, Ye, Z Y, Ye, and J, Zhang

Abstract

We report the first measurement of the (e,e^{'}p) three-body breakup reaction cross sections in helium-3 (^{3}He) and tritium (^{3}H) at large momentum transfer [⟨Q^{2}⟩≈1.9 (GeV/c)^{2}] and x_{B}1 kinematics, where the cross section should be sensitive to quasielastic (QE) scattering from single nucleons. The data cover missing momenta 40≤p_{miss}≤500 MeV/c that, in the QE limit with no rescattering, equals the initial momentum of the probed nucleon. The measured cross sections are compared with state-of-the-art ab initio calculations. Overall good agreement, within ±20%, is observed between data and calculations for the full p_{miss} range for ^{3}H and for 100≤p_{miss}≤350 MeV/c for ^{3}He. Including the effects of rescattering of the outgoing nucleon improves agreement with the data at p_{miss}250 MeV/c and suggests contributions from charge-exchange (SCX) rescattering. The isoscalar sum of ^{3}He plus ^{3}H, which is largely insensitive to SCX, is described by calculations to within the accuracy of the data over the entire p_{miss} range. This validates current models of the ground state of the three-nucleon system up to very high initial nucleon momenta of 500 MeV/c.

Published
2020

9. Comparing proton momentum distributions in A = 2 and 3 nuclei via 2H 3H and 3He (e,e′p) measurements

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Z. Ye, B. Schmookler, J. P. Chen, G. M. Urciuoli, Diego Lonardoni, P. M. King, Hongbang Liu, R. Michaels, D. King, M. Olson, Darko Androić, S. Covrig, Toshiyuki Gogami, Pete Markowitz, S. Paul, Weidong Li, M. Viviani, Whitney Armstrong, P. E. Reimer, Larry Weinstein, T. Su, M. Patsyuk, H. Atac, B. Dongwi, Or Hen, N. Santiesteban, B. Sawatzky, T. Kutz, V. Bellini, R. I. Pomatsalyuk, H. Bhatt, I. Korover, S. A. Wood, R. Obrecht, S. Riordan, V. Pandey, E. Fuchey, Shanfeng Li, A. Beck, M. Hattawy, John Arrington, S. Mey-Tal Beck, Andrew Puckett, D. Bulumulla, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Aditya R. Khanal, F. Hauenstein, Simon Širca, A. Shahinyan, M. N. H. Rashad, Axel Schmidt, Cynthia Keppel, M. Khachatryan, J. Gomez, N. Lashley-Colthirst, D. Blyth, J. Castellanos, Ruprecht Machleidt, R. Suleiman, H. Albataineh, D. Bhetuwal, V. Khachatryan, Kondo Gnanvo, Eliahu Cohen, F. Tortorici, J. Roche, V. A. Punjabi, N. Nuruzzaman, S. Alsalmi, M. Nycz, H. Szumila-Vance, B. Duran, G. G. Petratos, Z. E. Meziani, C. Gal, Vladimir Nelyubin, G. Laskaris, L. Tang, W. Tireman, M. Mihovilovic, A. Karki, Ronald Ransome, D. G. Meekins, A. T. Katramatou, Olfred Hansen, W. U. Boeglin, Nilanga Liyanage, D. Biswas, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, Jiawen Zhang, S. Premathilake, D. Nguyen, X. Bai, E.P. Segarra, Siyu Jian, Elliot Hughes, R. Cruz-Torres, Douglas Higinbotham, L. Ou, S. Barcus, V. Owen, J. Bane, A. S. Tadepalli, R. E. McClellan, A. Habarakada, Sylvester Joosten, K. Craycraft, H. F. Ibrahim, B. Karki, Dipangkar Dutta, Laura Elisa Marcucci, M. Duer, T. Gautam, B. Pandey, Shalev Gilad, A. Papadopoulou, K. A. Aniol, A. Camsonne, D. Abrams, S. Park, F. Sammarruca, N. Sparveris, E. Piasetzky, C. Gu, T. Hague, T. Averett, and C. E. Hyde

Subjects
production [pi], Nuclear and High Energy Physics, data analysis method, Photon, Nuclear Theory, interference, FOS: Physical sciences, Electron, Impulse (physics), Inelastic scattering, 01 natural sciences, xperimental results | Jefferson Lab | electron p: scattering | parity: violation | inelastic scattering | structure function | interference | photon | Z0 | pi: production | spin: asymmetry | data analysis method, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), structure function, 0103 physical sciences, Z0, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Momentum transfer, photon, inelastic scattering, scattering [electron p], Eikonal approximation, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, lcsh:QC1-999, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Deuterium, xperimental results, High Energy Physics::Experiment, violation [parity], Atomic physics, Nucleon, asymmetry [spin], lcsh:Physics, Jefferson Lab
Abstract

We report the first measurement of the $(e,e'p)$ reaction cross-section ratios for Helium-3 ($^3$He), Tritium ($^3$H), and Deuterium ($d$). The measurement covered a missing momentum range of $40 \le p_{miss} \le 550$ MeV$/c$, at large momentum transfer ($\langle Q^2 \rangle \approx 1.9$ (GeV$/c$)$^2$) and $x_B>1$, which minimized contributions from non quasi-elastic (QE) reaction mechanisms. The data is compared with plane-wave impulse approximation (PWIA) calculations using realistic spectral functions and momentum distributions. The measured and PWIA-calculated cross-section ratios for $^3$He$/d$ and $^3$H$/d$ extend to just above the typical nucleon Fermi-momentum ($k_F \approx 250$ MeV$/c$) and differ from each other by $\sim 20\%$, while for $^3$He/$^3$H they agree within the measurement accuracy of about 3\%. At momenta above $k_F$, the measured $^3$He/$^3$H ratios differ from the calculation by $20\% - 50\%$. Final state interaction (FSI) calculations using the generalized Eikonal Approximation indicate that FSI should change the $^3$He/$^3$H cross-section ratio for this measurement by less than 5\%. If these calculations are correct, then the differences at large missing momenta between the $^3$He/$^3$H experimental and calculated ratios could be due to the underlying $NN$ interaction, and thus could provide new constraints on the previously loosely-constrained short-distance parts of the $NN$ interaction., 8 pages, 3 figures (4 panels)

Published
2019

10. Direct Observation of Proton-Neutron Short-Range Correlation Dominance in Heavy Nuclei

Author

W. Phelps, T. B. Hayward, Or Hen, Rong Wang, Friedrich Klein, P. Eugenio, M. Taiuti, M. L. Kabir, Andrea Celentano, X. Wei, J.R. Pybus, L. Guo, A. Beck, S. Niccolai, Laura Clark, A. I. Ostrovidov, G. Rosner, M. Contalbrigo, A. Denniston, D. G. Ireland, C. Hanretty, A. Hrnjic, G. Niculescu, K. A. Griffioen, G. Ciullo, G. Angelini, P. Rossi, D. S. Carman, Volker D. Burkert, A. S. Biselli, R. Cruz Torres, K. Livingston, A. Rizzo, M. Duer, Michael Paolone, N. Markov, H. S. Jo, Iu. Skorodumina, A. Movsisyan, S. Diehl, Y. Prok, E. L. Isupov, B. McKinnon, N. Tyler, M. Osipenko, R. W. Gothe, M. Khandaker, Michael Wood, J. A. Tan, V. Crede, Y. Ilieva, K. Joo, E. De Sanctis, F. Cao, B. Duran, I. Korover, R. A. Montgomery, K. Hicks, D. Heddle, I. Bedlinskiy, S. Stepanyan, H. Voskanyan, F. Hauenstein, R. A. Schumacher, M. Battaglieri, Chaden Djalali, F. X. Girod, B. Mustapha, E. Pasyuk, N. Dashyan, H. Hakobyan, A. D'Angelo, F. Sabatié, M. Holtrop, M. Mirazita, I. J. D. MacGregor, Eliahu Cohen, K. Park, A. El Alaoui, P. Nadel-Turonski, H. Egiyan, T. A. Forest, W. Kim, B. S. Ishkhanov, David M. Keller, E.P. Segarra, L. El Fassi, Aditya R. Khanal, Nicholas Zachariou, S. E. Kuhn, Eli Piasetzky, M. Ripani, S. Strauch, V. P. Kubarovsky, Taya Chetry, M. Hattawy, Nir Barnea, Axel Schmidt, J. Zhang, D. Protopopescu, P. L. Cole, Z. W. Zhao, E. Voutier, Y. G. Sharabian, A. Deur, W. K. Brooks, S. Adhikari, E. Golovatch, R. Dupre, Ronen Weiss, K. Hafidi, L. Lanza, M. Khachatryan, C. Munoz Camacho, Nikolaos Sparveris, M. Patsyuk, R. Paremuzyan, Nicholas M. Harrison, Gerard Gilfoyle, D. Sokhan, A. Filippi, K. L. Giovanetti, Larry Weinstein, X. Zheng, R. De Vita, S. Mey-Tal Beck, B. Schmookler, D. Marchand, M. Ungaro, G. Laskaris, S. Boiarinov, O. Pogorelko, O. Cortes, Victor Mokeev, P. Lenisa, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, CLAS, and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Triple coincidence, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], General Physics and Astronomy, Socio-culturale, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nuclear matter in neutron stars, Correlation, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear theory, Asymmetric nuclear matter,Lepton induced nuclear reactions, Nuclear matter in neutron stars, Nucleon distribution, Nucleon-nucleon interactions, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Settore FIS/04, Direct observation, Formalism (philosophy of mathematics), Lepton induced nuclear reactions, Nucleon-nucleon interactions, Nucleon distribution, Atomic physics, Nucleon, Asymmetric nuclear matter
Abstract

We measured the triple coincidence A(e,e'np) and A(e,e'pp) reactions on carbon, aluminum, iron, and lead targets at Q2 > 1.5 (GeV/c)2, xB > 1.1 and missing momentum > 400 MeV/c. This was the first direct measurement of both proton-proton (pp) and neutron-proton (np) short-range correlated (SRC) pair knockout from heavy asymmetric nuclei. For all measured nuclei, the average proton-proton (pp) to neutron-proton (np) reduced cross-section ratio is about 6%, in agreement with previous indirect measurements. Correcting for Single-Charge Exchange effects decreased the SRC pairs ratio to ~ 3%, which is lower than previous results. Comparisons to theoretical Generalized Contact Formalism (GCF) cross-section calculations show good agreement using both phenomenological and chiral nucleon-nucleon potentials, favoring a lower pp to np pair ratio. The ability of the GCF calculation to describe the experimental data using either phenomenological or chiral potentials suggests possible reduction of scale- and scheme-dependence in cross section ratios. Our results also support the high-resolution description of high-momentum states being predominantly due to nucleons in SRC pairs., Accepted for publication in PRL. 9 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables and supplementary materials

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2019
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11. Center of Mass Motion of Short-Range Correlated Nucleon Pairs studied via the A(e,e′pp) Reaction

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D. Protopopescu, Z. W. Zhao, E. Voutier, M. Duer, D. Marchand, X. Wei, Dustin Keller, P. Eugenio, I. J. D. MacGregor, G. Ciullo, M. Taiuti, C. Djalali, J. A. Tan, W. Kim, Y. Prok, F. Sabatié, L. Lanza, J. P. Ball, D. S. Carman, G. Niculescu, M. L. Kabir, P. Lenisa, S. Strauch, Michael Wood, K. Hafidi, B. A. Clary, K. Livingston, D. G. Jenkins, S. Niccolai, A. Movsisyan, Jie Zhang, Michael Paolone, D. Heddle, A. Celentano, R. W. Gothe, N. Dashyan, Maxime Defurne, H. Avakian, S. E. Kuhn, Friedrich Klein, M. Contalbrigo, A. Beck, Hovanes Egiyan, C. Munoz Camacho, M. Osipenko, M. Ungaro, Eli Piasetzky, H. Voskanyan, R. Fersch, Or Hen, Z. Akbar, L. Barion, R. De Vita, P. Nadel-Turonski, V. Crede, Alessandro Rizzo, Eliahu Cohen, E. Golovatch, R. Dupre, W. J. Briscoe, E. Pasyuk, A. El Alaoui, R. A. Montgomery, R. Paremuzyan, V. Mokeev, M. Battaglieri, M. Ripani, F. Hauenstein, B. S. Ishkhanov, Nicholas M. Harrison, Nicholas Zachariou, Rong Wang, D. Sokhan, Alexander Schmidt, D. P. Watts, S. Adhikari, K. Hicks, B. McKinnon, E. De Sanctis, S. Mey-Tal Beck, A. Kim, V. P. Kubarovsky, Y. G. Sharabian, D. Riser, A. I. Ostrovidov, A. Filippi, P. Rossi, X. Zheng, M. Ehrhart, O. Pogorelko, M. Mirazita, A. Deur, D. G. Ireland, I. Bedlinskiy, M. Khachatryan, M. Khandaker, Nikolaos Sparveris, Volker D. Burkert, A. S. Biselli, M. J. Amaryan, Sandra K. Johnston, K. L. Giovanetti, Larry Weinstein, B. Schmookler, C. A. Meyer, P. Chatagnon, G. V. Fedotov, F. Cao, I. Korover, B. Mustapha, M. Holtrop, Taya Chetry, G. Charles, E. L. Isupov, S. Boiarinov, R. Cruz Torres, H. Hakobyan, S. Diehl, F. X. Girod, J. W. Price, R. A. Schumacher, S. Stepanyan, Avraham Klein, H. S. Jo, A. D'Angelo, L. El Fassi, G. Khachatryan, G. Rosner, Y. Ghandilyan, and K. A. Griffioen

Subjects
Physics, Range (particle radiation), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear Theory, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Momentum, medicine.anatomical_structure, Quantum state, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Nuclear force, Center of mass, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Nucleus, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

Short-range correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs are a vital part of the nucleus, accounting for almost all nucleons with momentum greater than the Fermi momentum (k_{F}). A fundamental characteristic of SRC pairs is having large relative momenta as compared to k_{F}, and smaller center of mass (c.m.) which indicates a small separation distance between the nucleons in the pair. Determining the c.m. momentum distribution of SRC pairs is essential for understanding their formation process. We report here on the extraction of the c.m. motion of proton-proton (pp) SRC pairs in carbon and, for the first time in heavier and ansymetric nuclei: aluminum, iron, and lead, from measurements of the A(e,e^{'}pp) reaction. We find that the pair c.m. motion for these nuclei can be described by a three-dimensional Gaussian with a narrow width ranging from 140 to 170 MeV/c, approximately consistent with the sum of two mean-field nucleon momenta. Comparison with calculations appears to show that the SRC pairs are formed from mean-field nucleons in specific quantum states.

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2018
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12. Modified structure of protons and neutrons in correlated pairs

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R. A. Schumacher, S. E. Kuhn, J. W. Price, G. Ciullo, J. P. Ball, J. Zhang, D. Protopopescu, D. S. Carman, E. Voutier, A. Rizzo, Y. G. Sharabian, M. J. Amaryan, M. Bashkanov, C. E. Hyde, L. El Fassi, T. A. Forest, B. McKinnon, B. S. Ishkhanov, Taya Chetry, Avraham Klein, E. Golovatch, K. Livingston, H. Avakian, H. S. Jo, Or Hen, R. Dupre, Chaden Djalali, L. Barion, F. Hauenstein, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, R. De Vita, P. Eugenio, Y. Prok, H. Voskanyan, Avi Ashkenazi, Alexander Schmidt, A. Filippi, K. A. Griffioen, A. D'Angelo, Sergey Kuleshov, P. Lenisa, S. Stepanyan, M. L. Kabir, Latifa Elouadrhiri, M. Osipenko, S. Mey Tal Beck, Larry Weinstein, Y. Ilieva, E.P. Segarra, I. Bedlinskiy, T. B. Hayward, G. V. Fedotov, F. X. Girod, Martin Wood, B. Mustapha, A. Deur, Eli Piasetzky, Friedrich Klein, I. J. D. MacGregor, X. Zheng, E. De Sanctis, I. Balossino, S. Strauch, R. G. Fersch, G. Laskaris, A. Beck, P. L. Cole, W. K. Brooks, S. Adhikari, M. Khandaker, Eliahu Cohen, M. Duer, E. L. Isupov, Mark Strikman, K. Hicks, I. Korover, K. Park, M. Guidal, E. Pasyuk, N. Dashyan, M. Khachatryan, Shalev Gilad, G. Charles, Nicholas Zachariou, X. Wei, Nikolaos Sparveris, S. Joosten, M. Ripani, M. Holtrop, L. Guo, V. P. Kubarovsky, Michael Paolone, D. Riser, L. Lanza, Z. W. Zhao, H. Egiyan, M. Taiuti, C. Munoz Camacho, S. Niccolai, S. Boiarinov, A. I. Ostrovidov, C. Hanretty, F. Sabatié, D. G. Ireland, Douglas Higinbotham, M. Patsyuk, R. Paremuzyan, M. Battaglieri, David M. Keller, Volker D. Burkert, Nicholas M. Harrison, A. S. Biselli, Gerard Gilfoyle, D. Sokhan, D. P. Watts, K. Hafidi, W. Kim, K. Joo, R. Cruz-Torres, M. Ungaro, S. Diehl, C. Salgado, Andrea Celentano, N. Markov, R. W. Gothe, S. Johnston, B. Schmookler, O. Pogorelko, Victor Mokeev, V. Crede, R. A. Montgomery, H. Hakobyan, G. Khachatryan, W. J. Briscoe, P. Rossi, G. Rosner, I. u. Skorodumina, J. A. Tan, A. Kim, G. Gavalian, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CLAS, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
Quark, Nuclear Theory, Proton, nuclear physics: effect, nucleon: pair, EMC effect, Socio-culturale, FOS: Physical sciences, correlation: short-range, 01 natural sciences, symmetry breaking, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Nuclear physics, quark, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), Experimental nuclear physics, Theoretical nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), CLAS, 0103 physical sciences, quantum chromodynamics, Neutron, structure, Experimental nuclear physics, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, quark gluon, Physics, Multidisciplinary, nucleon nucleon: correlation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, precision measurement, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, gluon, 3. Good health, Gluon, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Theoretical nuclear physics, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], Quark–gluon plasma, Atomic nucleus, Nucleon, experimental results
Abstract

The atomic nucleus is made of protons and neutrons (nucleons), that are themselves composed of quarks and gluons. Understanding how the quark-gluon structure of a nucleon bound in an atomic nucleus is modified by the surrounding nucleons is an outstanding challenge. Although evidence for such modification, known as the EMC effect, was first observed over 35 years ago, there is still no generally accepted explanation of its cause. Recent observations suggest that the EMC effect is related to close-proximity Short Range Correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs in nuclei. Here we report the first simultaneous, high-precision, measurements of the EMC effect and SRC abundances. We show that the EMC data can be explained by a universal modification of the structure of nucleons in neutron-proton (np) SRC pairs and present the first data-driven extraction of this universal modification function. This implies that, in heavier nuclei with many more neutrons than protons, each proton is more likely than each neutron to belong to an SRC pair and hence to have its quark structure distorted., Comment: Published in Nature. Total: 21 pages, 9 figures, 10 tables. Main text: 7 pages, 4 figures. Methods section: 1 page. Extended Data: 1 figure, 3 table. Supplementary Materials: 11 pages, 4 figures, 7 tables

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2018
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13. Probing high-momentum protons and neutrons in neutron-rich nuclei

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D. Bulumulla, B. S. Ishkhanov, B. A. Clary, C. E. Hyde, T. Mineeva, Adi Ashkenazi, P. Eugenio, Alexander Schmidt, K. Livingston, Pawel Nadel-Turonski, M. Taiuti, J. Arrington, Y. Prok, A. I. Ostrovidov, G. Gavalian, M. Contalbrigo, Michael Paolone, R. A. Schumacher, M. L. Kabir, A. D'Angelo, C. Munoz-Camacho, A. Beck, G. Ciullo, J. P. Ball, G. Laskaris, D. S. Carman, L. Lanza, Shalev Gilad, G. Khachatryan, A. Rizzo, F. Hauenstein, D. G. Ireland, R. G. Fersch, E. De Sanctis, S. Mey-Tal Beck, A. Movsisyan, M. Battaglieri, P. L. Cole, Z. W. Zhao, S. Stepanyan, George Davey Smith, Volker D. Burkert, A. S. Biselli, G. Charles, Nicholas M. Harrison, Gerard Gilfoyle, Y. Ilieva, Andreas Klein, J. Poudel, D. Sokhan, M. Patsyuk, K. Hicks, D. P. Watts, Taya Chetry, B. McKinnon, H. Egiyan, S. Nadeeshani, X. Wei, P. Lenisa, N. Markov, W. J. Briscoe, W. Kim, K. P. Adhikari, Douglas Higinbotham, M. Mirazita, Maxime Defurne, R. Cruz-Torres, I. Bedlinskiy, S. Niccolai, Chaden Djalali, M. Osipenko, L. El Fassi, L. Guo, D. Payette, Or Hen, Eliahu Cohen, K.A. Griffoen, B. Schmookler, M. Braverman, L. Barion, R. De Vita, A. El Alaoui, G. E. Dodge, Andrea Celentano, K. Hafidi, M. Khandaker, S. Procureur, Friedrich Klein, T. A. Forest, F. X. Girod, M. J. Amaryan, Nicholas Zachariou, F. Cao, M. Ripani, I. J. D. MacGregor, E.P. Segarra, Eli Piasetzky, I. Korover, Afroditi Papadopoulou, S. Strauch, J. W. Price, G. Rosner, A. Filippi, M. Duer, K. L. Giovanetti, O. Pogorelko, Larry Weinstein, B. Mustapha, G. Niculescu, E. Pasyuk, W. Phelps, N. Dashyan, E. L. Isupov, O. Cortes, R. W. Gothe, S. Boiarinov, Y. Ghandilyan, M. Holtrop, S. Bueltmann, Victor Mokeev, M. Ungaro, J. Zhang, D. Protopopescu, K. Joo, E. Voutier, Y. G. Sharabian, A. Kim, William Brooks, C. Marchand, V. Batourine, F. Sabatié, David M. Keller, J. A. Tan, V. Crede, R. A. Montgomery, H. Hakobyan, Laura Clark, P. Rossi, X. Zheng, M. Khachatryan, Nikolaos Sparveris, S. E. Kuhn, M. Hattawy, A. Deur, S. Adhikari, E. Golovatch, R. Dupre, K. Park, I. Balossino, H. Voskanyan, Carlos A. Salgado, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CLAS, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
Quark, Multidisciplinary matter, Proton, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, EMC effect, Nuclear Theory, momentum spectrum, Socio-culturale, parton: distribution function, Electron, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, nucleon: momentum, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Nuclear physics, CLAS, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, neutron star, p nucleus: scattering, Physics, Multidisciplinary, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, electron nucleus: scattering, quantum mechanics, Nuclear shell model, shell model, correlation, Atomic nucleus, Nucleon
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International audience; The atomic nucleus is one of the densest and most complex quantum-mechanical systems in nature. Nuclei account for nearly all the mass of the visible Universe. The properties of individual nucleons (protons and neutrons) in nuclei can be probed by scattering a high-energy particle from the nucleus and detecting this particle after it scatters, often also detecting an additional knocked-out proton. Analysis of electron- and proton-scattering experiments suggests that some nucleons in nuclei form close-proximity neutron–proton pairs 1$^{–}$12 with high nucleon momentum, greater than the nuclear Fermi momentum. However, how excess neutrons in neutron-rich nuclei form such close-proximity pairs remains unclear. Here we measure protons and, for the first time, neutrons knocked out of medium-to-heavy nuclei by high-energy electrons and show that the fraction of high-momentum protons increases markedly with the neutron excess in the nucleus, whereas the fraction of high-momentum neutrons decreases slightly. This effect is surprising because in the classical nuclear shell model, protons and neutrons obey Fermi statistics, have little correlation and mostly fill independent energy shells. These high-momentum nucleons in neutron-rich nuclei are important for understanding nuclear parton distribution functions (the partial momentum distribution of the constituents of the nucleon) and changes in the quark distributions of nucleons bound in nuclei (the EMC effect) 1$^{,}$13$^{,}$14 . They are also relevant for the interpretation of neutrino-oscillation measurements 15 and understanding of neutron-rich systems such as neutron stars 3$^{,}$16 .

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2018
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14. Direct Observation of Proton-Neutron Short-Range Correlation Dominance in Heavy Nuclei.

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Duer M, Schmidt A, Pybus JR, Segarra EP, Hrnjic A, Denniston AW, Weiss R, Hen O, Piasetzky E, Weinstein LB, Barnea N, Korover I, Cohen EO, Hakobyan H, Adhikari S, Angelini G, Battaglieri M, Beck A, Bedlinskiy I, Biselli AS, Boiarinov S, Brooks W, Burkert VD, Cao F, Carman DS, Celentano A, Chetry T, Ciullo G, Clark L, Cole PL, Contalbrigo M, Cortes O, Crede V, Cruz Torres R, D'Angelo A, Dashyan N, De Sanctis E, De Vita R, Deur A, Diehl S, Djalali C, Dupre R, Duran B, Egiyan H, El Alaoui A, El Fassi L, Eugenio P, Filippi A, Forest TA, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Golovatch E, Gothe RW, Griffioen KA, Guo L, Hafidi K, Hanretty C, Harrison N, Hattawy M, Hauenstein F, Hayward TB, Heddle D, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Isupov EL, Jo HS, Joo K, Kabir ML, Keller D, Khachatryan M, Khanal A, Khandaker M, Kim W, Klein FJ, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn SE, Lanza L, Laskaris G, Lenisa P, Livingston K, MacGregor IJD, Marchand D, Markov N, McKinnon B, Mey-Tal Beck S, Mirazita M, Mokeev V, Montgomery RA, Movsisyan A, Munoz Camacho C, Mustapha B, Nadel-Turonski P, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Paolone M, Paremuzyan R, Park K, Pasyuk E, Patsyuk M, Phelps W, Pogorelko O, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Ripani M, Rizzo A, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Schmookler BA, Schumacher RA, Sharabian Y, Skorodumina I, Sokhan D, Sparveris N, Stepanyan S, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tan JA, Tyler N, Ungaro M, Voskanyan H, Voutier E, Wang R, Wei X, Wood MH, Zachariou N, Zhang J, Zhao ZW, and Zheng X

Abstract

We measured the triple coincidence A(e,e^{'}np) and A(e,e^{'}pp) reactions on carbon, aluminum, iron, and lead targets at Q^{2}>1.5  (GeV/c)^{2}, x_{B}>1.1 and missing momentum >400  MeV/c. This was the first direct measurement of both proton-proton (pp) and neutron-proton (np) short-range correlated (SRC) pair knockout from heavy asymmetric nuclei. For all measured nuclei, the average proton-proton (pp) to neutron-proton (np) reduced cross-section ratio is about 6%, in agreement with previous indirect measurements. Correcting for single-charge exchange effects decreased the SRC pairs ratio to ∼3%, which is lower than previous results. Comparisons to theoretical generalized contact formalism (GCF) cross-section calculations show good agreement using both phenomenological and chiral nucleon-nucleon potentials, favoring a lower pp to np pair ratio. The ability of the GCF calculation to describe the experimental data using either phenomenological or chiral potentials suggests possible reduction of scale and scheme dependence in cross-section ratios. Our results also support the high-resolution description of high-momentum states being predominantly due to nucleons in SRC pairs.

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2019
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15. Center of Mass Motion of Short-Range Correlated Nucleon Pairs studied via the A(e,e^{'}pp) Reaction.

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Cohen EO, Hen O, Piasetzky E, Weinstein LB, Duer M, Schmidt A, Korover I, Hakobyan H, Adhikari S, Akbar Z, Amaryan MJ, Avakian H, Ball J, Barion L, Battaglieri M, Beck A, Bedlinskiy I, Biselli AS, Boiarinov S, Briscoe W, Burkert VD, Cao F, Carman DS, Celentano A, Charles G, Chatagnon P, Chetry T, Ciullo G, Clary BA, Contalbrigo M, Crede V, Cruz Torres R, D'Angelo A, Dashyan N, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Defurne M, Deur A, Diehl S, Djalali C, Duer M, Dupre R, Egiyan H, Ehrhart M, El Alaoui A, Fassi LE, Eugenio P, Fedotov G, Fersch R, Filippi A, Ghandilyan Y, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Golovatch E, Gothe RW, Griffioen KA, Hafidi K, Harrison N, Hauenstein F, Heddle D, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Isupov EL, Jenkins D, Jo HS, Johnston S, Kabir ML, Keller D, Khachatryan G, Khachatryan M, Khandaker M, Kim A, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Korover I, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn SE, Lanza L, Lenisa P, Livingston K, MacGregor IJD, Marchand D, McKinnon B, Mey-Tal Beck S, Meyer CA, Mirazita M, Mokeev V, Montgomery RA, Movsisyan A, Munoz Camacho C, Mustapha B, Nadel-Turonski P, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Paolone M, Paremuzyan R, Pasyuk E, Pogorelko O, Price JW, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Ripani M, Riser D, Rizzo A, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Schmookler BA, Schumacher RA, Sharabian YG, Sokhan D, Sparveris N, Stepanyan S, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tan JA, Ungaro M, Voskanyan H, Voutier E, Wang R, Watts DP, Wei X, Wood MH, Zachariou N, Zhang J, Zheng X, and Zhao ZW

Abstract

Short-range correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs are a vital part of the nucleus, accounting for almost all nucleons with momentum greater than the Fermi momentum (k_{F}). A fundamental characteristic of SRC pairs is having large relative momenta as compared to k_{F}, and smaller center of mass (c.m.) which indicates a small separation distance between the nucleons in the pair. Determining the c.m. momentum distribution of SRC pairs is essential for understanding their formation process. We report here on the extraction of the c.m. motion of proton-proton (pp) SRC pairs in carbon and, for the first time in heavier and ansymetric nuclei: aluminum, iron, and lead, from measurements of the A(e,e^{'}pp) reaction. We find that the pair c.m. motion for these nuclei can be described by a three-dimensional Gaussian with a narrow width ranging from 140 to 170  MeV/c, approximately consistent with the sum of two mean-field nucleon momenta. Comparison with calculations appears to show that the SRC pairs are formed from mean-field nucleons in specific quantum states.

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2018
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