Measurement of tensor polarization in elastic electron-deuteron scattering in the momentum-transfer range 3.8≤q≤4.6fm − 1
Author(s) -
I. The,
J. Arvieux,
D. Beck,
E. J. Beise,
A. Boudard,
E. B. Cairns,
J.M. Cameron,
G. Dodson,
K. Dow,
M. Farkhondeh,
H. W. Fielding,
J. Flanz,
M. Garçon,
R. Goloskie,
S. Høibråten,
J. Jourdan,
S. Kowalski,
W.J. McDonald,
B. Ni,
Long Pham,
R. Redwine,
N. Rodning,
G. Roy,
Martin Schulze,
P. A. Souder,
J. Soukup,
W. Turchinetz,
C. Williamson,
K. Wilson,
S. A. Wood,
W. Ziegler
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.67.173
Subject(s) - physics , momentum transfer , elastic scattering , deuterium , nuclear physics , tensor (intrinsic definition) , polarization (electrochemistry) , baryon , scattering , nucleon , recoil , electron , charge (physics) , particle physics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , geometry , chemistry , mathematics
The tensor polarization {ital t}{sub 20} of the recoil deuteron in elastic {ital e}-{ital d} scattering has been measured for three values of four-momentum transfer, {ital q}=3.78, 4.22, and 4.62 fm{sup {minus}1}. The data have been used to locate the first node in the charge monopole form factor of the deuteron at {ital q}=4.39{plus minus}0.16 fm{sup {minus}1}. The results for {ital t}{sub 20} are in reasonable agreement with expectations based on the nucleon-meson description of nuclear dynamics.
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