1ST MEASUREMENT OF THE ELECTRIC FORMFACTOR OF THE NEUTRON IN THE EXCLUSIVE QUASI-ELASTIC SCATTERING OF POLARIZED ELECTRONS FROM POLARIZED HE-3

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作者
MEYERHOFF, M
EYL, D
FREY, A
ANDRESEN, HG
ANNAND, JRM
AULENBACHER, K
BECKER, J
BLUMEWERRY, J
DOMBO, T
DRESCHER, P
DUCRET, JE
FISCHER, H
GRABMAYR, P
HALL, S
HARTMANN, P
HEHL, T
HEIL, W
HOFFMANN, J
KELLIE, JD
KLEIN, F
LEDUC, M
MOLLER, H
NACHTIGALL, C
OSTRICK, M
OTTEN, EW
OWENS, RO
PLUTZER, S
REICHERT, E
ROHE, D
SCHAFER, M
SCHEARER, LD
SCHMIEDEN, H
STEFFENS, KH
SURKAU, R
WALCHER, T
机构
[1] UNIV MAINZ, INST KERNPHYS, W-6500 MAINZ, GERMANY
[2] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND
[3] UNIV TUBINGEN, INST PHYS, W-7400 TUBINGEN 1, GERMANY
[4] ECOLE NORMALE SUPER, F-75231 PARIS 05, FRANCE
[5] UNIV MISSOURI, ROLLA, MO 65401 USA
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10.1016/0370-2693(94)90718-8
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
A first measurement of the asymmetry in quasielastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from a polarized He-3 gas target in coincidence with the knocked out neutron is reported. This measurement was made feasible by the cw beam of the 855 MeV Mainz Microtron MAMI. It allows a determination of the electric formfactor of the neutron G(E)n independent of binding effects a to first order. At Q2BAR = 0.31 (GeV/c)2 two asymmetries ABAR(parallel-to) (S(He) parallel-to q) and ABAR(perpendicular-to) (S(He) perpendicular-to q) have been measured giving ABAR(parallel-to) = (-7.40 +/- 0.73)% and ABAR(perpendicular-to) = (0.89 +/- 0.30)%. The ratio ABAR(perpendicular-to)/ABAR(parallel-to) is independent of the absolute value of the electron and target polarization and yields G(E)n = 0.035 +/- 0.012 +/- 0.005.
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页数:7
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