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Exclusive deuteron electrodisintegration with polarized electrons and a polarized target

Hartmuth ArenhövelEdward L. TomusiakWinfried Leidemann

subject

Nuclear reactionPhysicsNuclear physicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsDegrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)ElectronMultipole expansionLegendre functionLegendre polynomialsBeam (structure)Charged particle

description

Exclusive electrodisintegration of the deuteron using a polarized beam and an oriented target is systematically investigated in a nonrelativistic framework. The structure functions are expanded in terms of Legendre functions whose coefficients are quadratic forms in the electric and magnetic multipole moments. Their experimental separation by specific experimental settings is outlined. The structure functions are studied with respect to their sensitivity to the potential model, to subnuclear degrees of freedom, and to electromagnetic form factors in different kinematical regions.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.46.455