The 3^3He(e, e′'d)p Reaction in qω\omega-constant Kinematics

The cross section for the $^3$He(e, e$'$d)p reaction has been measured as a function of the missing momentum $p_m$ in q$\omega$ -constant kinematics at beam energies of 370 and 576 MeV for values of the three-momentum transfer $q$ of 412, 504 and 604 \mevc. The L(+TT), T and LT structure functions have been separated for $q$ = 412 and 504 \mevc. The data are compared to three-body Faddeev calculations, including meson-exchange currents (MEC), and to calculations based on a covariant diagrammatic expansion. The influence of final-state interactions and meson-exchange currents is discussed. The $p_m$-dependence of the data is reasonably well described by all calculations. However, the most advanced Faddeev calculations, which employ the AV18 nucleon-nucleon interaction and include MEC, overestimate the measured cross sections, especially the longitudinal part, and at the larger values of $q$. The diagrammatic approach gives a fair description of the cross section, but under(over)estimates the longitudinal (transverse) structure function.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figure

q and pm_{m} Dependence of the 3^{3}He(e,e'd)p Reaction

The cross section for the He-3(e, e'd)p reaction has been measured for a range of missing momentum p, at incident electron energies of 370 and 576 MeV and for values of the three-momentum transfer q of 412, 504, and 604 MeV/c. The longitudinal and transverse structure functions have been separated for q = 412 and 504 MeV/c. The data are compared to exact three-body Faddeev calculations and calculations based on a covariant, gauge-invariant diagrammatic expansion. In general, fair to good agreement is observed, but there are some differences between the data and the calculations, especially for the q dependence and for the transverse structure function W-T