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Quasielastic Scattering of Polarized Electrons from PolarizedHe3and Measurement of the Neutron's Form Factors

Authors :
T. C. Yates
H. Schmieden
Timothy Chupp
G. E. Dodge
W. Fong
K. A. Dow
M. Farkhondeh
Alan K. Thompson
J. M. Richardson
R. A. Loveman
J. D. Zumbro
Mark E. Wagshul
D. J. Deangelis
J. Y. Kim
Aron M. Bernstein
G. W. Dodson
D. R. Tieger
Source :
Physical Review Letters. 68:2901-2904
Publication Year :
1992
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 1992.

Abstract

We report measurements of asymmetries in quasielastic scattering of polarized electrons from polarized {sup 3}He at {ital Q}{sup 2}={minus}0.2 (GeV/{ital c}){sup 2}. We measure {ital A}{sub {ital T}{prime}}=({minus}2.6{plus minus}0.9{plus minus}0.46)% and {ital A}{sub {ital T}{ital L}{prime}}=(+1.75{plus minus}1.2 {plus minus}0.31)%. The asymmetry {ital A}{sub {ital T}{prime}} depends predominantly on the previously measured neutron magnetic form factor and provides a test of theories of spin-dependent quasielastic scattering. Our result for {ital A}{sub {ital T}{prime}} is consistent with a previously reported measurement and suggests that the current theoretical picture is incomplete and final-state-interaction and meson-exchange corrections are necessary if the electric form factor of the neutron is to be reliably extracted from the asymmetry {ital A}{sub {ital T}{ital L}{prime}}.

Details

ISSN :
00319007
Volume :
68
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review Letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........df3ec13aee5b66f29cbda44d32203e62
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.68.2901