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Threshold electrodisintegration of 3He
Physical Review C (2003)
  • R S Hicks, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • A Hotta, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • S Churchwell, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • X Jiang, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Gerald Alvin Peterson, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • J Shaw, 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 A Miskimen, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • S E Rock, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract

Cross sections were measured for the near-threshold electrodisintegration of 3He at momentum transfer values of q=2.4, 4.4, and 4.7fm-1. From these and prior measurements the transverse and longitudinal response functions RT and RL were deduced. Comparisons are made against previously published and new nonrelativistic A=3 calculations using the best available nucleon-nucleon NN potentials. In general, for q<2fm-1 these calculations accurately predict the threshold electrodisintegration of 3He. Agreement at increasing q demands consideration of two-body terms, but discrepancies still appear at the highest momentum transfers probed, perhaps due to the neglect of relativistic dynamics, or to the underestimation of high-momentum wave-function components.

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Publication Date
June 23, 2003
Publisher Statement
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.67.064004 Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (cc-BY)
Citation Information
R S Hicks, A Hotta, S Churchwell, X Jiang, et al.. "Threshold electrodisintegration of 3He" Physical Review C Vol. 67 Iss. 6 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gerald_peterson/30/