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Short Range Correlations in Nuclei at Large xbj through Inclusive Quasi-Elastic Electron Scattering592 views
Author
Ye, Zhihong, Physics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Day, Donal, Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics, University of Virginia
Abstract
The experiment, E08-014, in Hall-A at Jefferson Lab aims to study the short-range correlations (SRC) which are necessary to explain the nuclear strength absent in the mean field theory. The cross sections for H2, He3, He3, C12, Ca40 and Ca48 were measured via inclusive quasielastic electron scattering from these nuclei in a Q2 range between 0.8 and 2.8 (GeV/c)2 for xbj > 1. The cross section ratios of heavy nuclei to 2 H were extracted to study two-nucleon SRC for 1 < xbj < 2, while the study of three-nucleon SRC was carried out from the cross section ratios of heavy nuclei to He3 for xbj ≥ 2. Meanwhile, the isospin dependence in SRCs has also been examined through the cross section ratio of Ca40 and Ca40.
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Ye, Zhihong. Short Range Correlations in Nuclei at Large xbj through Inclusive Quasi-Elastic Electron Scattering. University of Virginia, Physics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2013-12-03, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3FJ7H.
