Search for three-nucleon short-range correlations in light nuclei

Aguilera, P.; Ahmed, Z.; Albataineh, H.; Allada, K.; Anderson, B.; Anez, D.; Aniol, K.; Annand, J.; Arrington, J.; Averett, T.; Baghdasaryan, H.; Bai, X.; Beck, A.; Beck, S.; Bellini, V.; Benmokhtar, F.; Camsonne, A.; Chen, C.; Chen, J.-P.; Chirapatpimol, K.; Cisbani, E.; Dalton, M.M.; Daniel, A.; Day, D.; Deconinck, W.; Defurne, M.; Flay, D.; Fomin, N.; Friend, M.; Frullani, S.; Fuchey, E.; Garibaldi, F.; Gaskell, D.; Gilad, S.; Gilman, R.; Glamazdin, S.; Gu, C.; Guèye, P.; Hanretty, C.; Hansen, J.-O.; Hashemi Shabestari, M.; Hen, O.; Higinbotham, D.W.; Huang, M.; Iqbal, S.; Jin, G.; Kalantarians, N.; Kang, H.; Kelleher, A.; Korover, I.; Leckey, J.; LeRose, J.; Lindgren, R.; Long, E.; Mammei, J.; Margaziotis, D.J.; Markowitz, P.; Meekins, D.; Meziani, Z.; Michaels, R.; Mihovilovic, M.; Muangma, N.; Munoz Camacho, C.; Nguyen, D.; Norum, B.; Nuruzzaman, N.; Pan, K.; Phillips, S.; Piasetzky, E.; Pomerantz, I.; Posik, M.; Punjabi, V.; Qian, X.; Qiang, Y.; Qiu, X.; Rakhman, A.; Reimer, P.E.; Riordan, S.; Ron, G.; Rondon-Aramayo, O.; Saha, A.; Selvy, L.; Shahinyan, A.; Shneor, R.; Sirca, S.; Slifer, K.; Solvignon, P.; Sparveris, N.; Subedi, R.; Sulkosky, V.; Wang, D.; Watson, J.W.; Weinstein, L.B.; Wojtsekhowski, B.; Wood, S.A.; Yaron, I.; Ye, Z.; Zhan, X.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, Y.W.; Zhao, B.; Zheng, X.; Zhu, P.; Zielinski, R.

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Search for three-nucleon short-range correlations in light nuclei

Authors: P. Aguilera
Z. Ahmed
H. Albataineh
K. Allada
B. Anderson
D. Anez
K. Aniol
J. Annand
J. Arrington
T. Averett
H. Baghdasaryan
X. Bai
A. Beck
S. Beck
V. Bellini
F. Benmokhtar
A. Camsonne
C. Chen
J.-P. Chen
K. Chirapatpimol
E. Cisbani
M.M. Dalton
A. Daniel
D. Day
W. Deconinck
M. Defurne
D. Flay
N. Fomin
M. Friend
S. Frullani
E. Fuchey
F. Garibaldi
D. Gaskell
S. Gilad
R. Gilman
S. Glamazdin
C. Gu
P. Guèye
C. Hanretty
J.-O. Hansen
M. Hashemi Shabestari
O. Hen
D.W. Higinbotham
M. Huang
S. Iqbal
G. Jin
N. Kalantarians
H. Kang
A. Kelleher
I. Korover
J. Leckey
J. LeRose
R. Lindgren
E. Long
J. Mammei
D.J. Margaziotis
P. Markowitz
D. Meekins
Z. Meziani
R. Michaels
M. Mihovilovic
N. Muangma
C. Munoz Camacho
D. Nguyen
B. Norum
N. Nuruzzaman
K. Pan
S. Phillips
E. Piasetzky
I. Pomerantz
M. Posik
V. Punjabi
X. Qian
Y. Qiang
X. Qiu
A. Rakhman
P.E. Reimer
S. Riordan
G. Ron
O. Rondon-Aramayo
A. Saha
L. Selvy
A. Shahinyan
R. Shneor
S. Sirca
K. Slifer
P. Solvignon
N. Sparveris
R. Subedi
V. Sulkosky
D. Wang
J.W. Watson
L.B. Weinstein
B. Wojtsekhowski
S.A. Wood
I. Yaron
Z. Ye
X. Zhan
J. Zhang
Y.W. Zhang
B. Zhao
X. Zheng
P. Zhu
R. Zielinski
Publication date: 1 January 2018
Publisher: 'American Physical Society (APS)'
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Abstract

We present new data probing short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei through the measurement of electron scattering off high-momentum nucleons in nuclei. The inclusive ^{4}He/^{3}He cross section ratio is observed to be both x and Q^{2} independent for 1.52, our data support the hypothesis that a previous claim of three-nucleon correlation dominance was an artifact caused by the limited resolution of the measurement. While 3N-SRCs appear to have an important contribution, our data show that isolating 3N-SRCs is significantly more complicated than for 2N-SRCs.United States. Department of Energy (Contract DE-AC05-06OR23177)United States. Department of Energy (Contract DE-AC02-06CH11357)United States. Department of Energy (Contract DE-FG02-96ER40950