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Measurements of the electric and magnetic form factors of the neutron from Q2=1.75 to 4.00 (GeV/c)2
Physical Review Letters (1993)
  • A Lung
  • L M Stuart, University of California - Davis
  • P E Bosted
  • L Andivahis
  • J Alster
  • R G Arnold
  • C C Chang, University of Maryland - College Park
  • F S Dietrich, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • W R Dodge
  • R Gearhart
  • J Gomez
  • K A Griffioen, University of Pennsylvania
  • R S Hicks, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • R A Miskimen, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Gerald Alvin Peterson, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract

Quasielastic e-d cross sections have been measured at forward and backward angles. Rosenbluth separations were done to obtain RL and RT at Q2=1.75, 2.50, 3.25, and 4.00 (GeV/c)2. The neutron form factors GEn and GMn have been extracted using a nonrelativistic model. The sensitivity to deuteron wave function, relativistic corrections, and models of the inelastic background are reported. The results for GMn are consistent with the dipole form, while GEn is consistent with zero. Comparisons are made to theoretical models based on vector meson dominance, perturbative QCD, and QCD sum rules, as well as constituent quarks.

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Publication Date
February 8, 1993
Publisher Statement
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.718 Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (cc-BY)
Citation Information
A Lung, L M Stuart, P E Bosted, L Andivahis, et al.. "Measurements of the electric and magnetic form factors of the neutron from Q2=1.75 to 4.00 (GeV/c)2" Physical Review Letters Vol. 70 Iss. 6 (1993)
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