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Measurement of the Elastic Magnetic Form Factor of 3He at High Momentum Transfer
Physical Review Letters (2001)
  • I Nakagawa
  • J Shaw, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • S Churchwell, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • X Jiang, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • B Asavapibhop, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • M C Berisso, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • P E Bosted, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • K Burchesky, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • R S Hicks, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • A Hotta, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • R A Miskimen, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Gerald Alvin Peterson, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • S E Rock, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract

New electron scattering measurements have been made that extend data on the 3He elastic magnetic form factor up to Q2 = 42.6fm-2. These new data test theoretical conjectures regarding non-nucleonic effects in the three-body system. The very small cross sections, as low as 10-40cm2/sr, required the use of a high-pressure cryogenic gas target and a detector system with excellent background rejection capability. No existing theoretical calculation satisfactorily accounts for all the available data.

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Publication Date
June 11, 2001
Publisher Statement
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5446 Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (cc-BY)
Citation Information
I Nakagawa, J Shaw, S Churchwell, X Jiang, et al.. "Measurement of the Elastic Magnetic Form Factor of 3He at High Momentum Transfer" Physical Review Letters Vol. 86 Iss. 24 (2001)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gerald_peterson/24/