Phenomenology of the Deuteron Electromagnetic Form Factors

A rigorous extraction of the deuteron charge form factors from tensor polarization data in elastic electron-deuteron scattering, at given values of the 4-momentum transfer, is presented. Then the world data for elastic electron-deuteron scattering is used to parameterize, in three different ways, the three electromagnetic form factors of the deuteron in the 4-momentum transfer range 0-7 fm^-1. This procedure is made possible with the advent of recent polarization measurements. The parameterizations allow a phenomenological characterization of the deuteron electromagnetic structure. They can be used to remove ambiguities in the form factors extraction from future polarization data.Comment: 18 pages (LaTeX), 2 figures Feb. 25: minor changes of content and in Table

Polarized Structure Function σLT′\sigma_{LT'} for p(e⃗,e′K+)Λp({\vec e},e'K^+)\Lambda in the Nucleon Resonance Region

The first measurements of the polarized structure function $\sigma_{LT'}$ for the reaction $p(\vec e,e'K^+)\Lambda$ in the nucleon resonance region are reported. Measurements are included from threshold up to $W$=2.05 GeV for central values of $Q^2$ of 0.65 and 1.00 GeV$^2$, and nearly the entire kaon center-of-mass angular range. $\sigma_{LT'}$ is the imaginary part of the longitudinal-transverse response and is expected to be sensitive to interferences between competing intermediate s-channel resonances, as well as resonant and non-resonant processes. The results for $\sigma_{LT'}$ are comparable in magnitude to previously reported results from CLAS for $\sigma_{LT}$, the real part of the same response. An intriguing sign change in $\sigma_{LT'}$ is observed in the high $Q^2$ data at $W\approx 1.9$ GeV. Comparisons to several existing model predictions are shown.Comment: 2 tex files and 12 figures (14 eps files), 33 pages in one column forma