Nucleon structure and nucleon-nucleon interaction

A high pressure gas target system for the determination of absolute electron scattering cross sections

A high pressure gas target system is described, which is suitable for measurements of absolute electron scattering cross sections and for high resolution electron scattering experiments at medium energies. Details of design and construction are given and special investigations are discussed with respect to straggling effects that take place in the walls and in the gases, and to changes in the gas density, due to heating by the electron beam.

On the determination of the proton RMS-radius from electron scattering data

It is shown that the proton rms radius should be determined from fitting a polynomial of second order to the low-q 2 form factors. The commonly used polynomial of first order yields radius values which are too small. The proton rms radius has been redetermined from an analysis of the electron scattering data measured at three laboratories. The best fit value is 〈r E 2 〉1/2=0.87±0.02 fm.

Measurement ofN14(γ, π+)C14(g.s.)at 200 MeV: A Test of the Distorted-Wave Impulse Approximation for Charged-Pion Photoproduction below theΔ(1232)Resonance

Differential cross sections for $^{14}\mathrm{N}(\ensuremath{\gamma}, {\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+})^{14}\mathrm{C}(\mathrm{g}.\mathrm{s}.)$ (${0}^{+}$1) have been measured for an incident photon energy ${E}_{\ensuremath{\gamma}}=200$ MeV at laboratory angles of 45\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, 60\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, 75\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, 90\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, 120\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}, and 140\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{}. Momentum-space distorted-wave-impulse-approximation calculations, using a complete treatment of a one-body pion-photoproduction operator, are found to be in excellent agreement with the experimental data…

Observation of Meson-Exchange Effects in Deuteron Electrodisintegration

Electrodisintegration of the deuteron has been measured for an incident energy of 300 MeV at 30\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} and 90\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} scattering angles. The maximum energy transfer was 116 MeV. Very good agreement with theory was achieved when the pionic-exchange currents were included. Near the threshold and for momentum transfer $\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{\mathrm{q}}_{\mathrm{c}.\mathrm{m}.}^{}{}_{}{}^{2}=3.9$ ${\mathrm{fm}}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$, the meson-exchange currents contribute about 40% to the total cross section.

N14(γ,π+)14Cgsat photon energies of 230, 260, and 320 MeV

The pion angular distribution for {sup 14}N({gamma},{pi}{sup +}){sup 14}C{sub g.s.} has been measured at photon energies of 230 and 260 MeV. These data are consistent with the trend of our earlier data at 200 and 320 MeV. Additional forward angle data were obtained at 320 MeV. The results are compared to several calculations based on the distorted-wave impulse approximation and on the delta-hole model. The data are best fit by the calculations of Tiator {ital et} {ital al}. which use the delta-hole model in the resonance channel. These calculations fit the 230 MeV data well and underestimate the 260 and 320 MeV data by about 25%.

Threshold Electroproduction of Charged Pions from Light Nuclei

Double-differential cross sections for the electroproduction of pions of both charges have been measured. We compare the data obtained for production near threshold from $^{12}\mathrm{C}$ and $^{16}\mathrm{O}$ with theoretical treatments employing both shell-model and sum-rule nuclear descriptions with full inclusion of the final-state interaction.

THE STRUCTURE OF THE NUCLEONS

Electron-proton and electron-deuteron scattering experiments in a wide four momentum range provide information about the structure of the proton and the neutron. The structure is a direct consequence of the hadronic interaction of the nucleon and reveals properties of the strong interaction. Absolute differential cross sections can be expressed in terms of electromagnetic form factors which lead to an understanding of the coupling mechanism between the electromagnetic field and the strongly interacting hadron. The structure can also be discussed in terms of charge densities, but this analysis is strongly restricted by recoil effects. The charge rms radius extracted from recent measurements …

The pion electroproduction and the virtual-photon theory

The double differential cross-section for pion electroproduction was measured for the processes p(e,π+n and12C(e,π+)12B. The proton-induced cross-section was evaluated by using the virtual-photon concept. The experimental data were used to test different formulae for the virtual-photon spectrum. We found significant deviations to a generally used formula (Dalitz-Yennie) and good agreement with a new formula (Tiator-Wright). In addition, we have measured pion production crosssections with real photons under equal kinematic conditions. Electro-and photoproduction measurements give the same results.