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Measurement of double-polarization asymmetries in the quasi-elastic 3He(e,ep) process
Physical Letters B (2019)
  • Todd Averett, William & Mary
  • The Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration, The Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration
Abstract
We report on a precise measurement of double-polarization asymmetries in electron-induced breakup of 3He proceeding to pd and ppn final states, performed in quasi-elastic kinematics at Q 2 = 0.25 (GeV/c)2 for missing momenta up to 250 MeV/c. These observables represent highly sensitive tools to investigate the electromagnetic and spin structure of 3He and the relative importance of two- and three-body effects involved in the breakup reaction dynamics. The measured asymmetries cannot be satisfactorily reproduced by state-of-the-art calculations of 3He unless their three-body segment is adjusted, indicating that the spin-dependent part of the nuclear interaction governing the three-body breakup process is much smaller than previously thought.
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Publication Date
January, 2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.10.063
Citation Information
Todd Averett and The Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration. "Measurement of double-polarization asymmetries in the quasi-elastic 3He(e,ep) process" Physical Letters B Vol. 788 (2019) p. 117 - 121
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/todd-averett/42/