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Determination of the neutron electric form factor in the D(e,e′n)p reaction and the influence of nuclear binding

Ernst W. OttenR.o. OwensK. LivingstonM. OstrickD. G. IrelandTh. WalcherJrm AnnandA. NatterD. EylE. ReichertCh. NachtigallS.j. HallJ. HoffmannP. DrescherA. FreyT. HehlC. HerbergDaniela RoheFrank KleinP. GrabmayrH. SchmiedenKurt AulenbacherR. WatsonM. SteigerwaldJ. BeckerP. HartmannH. G. AndresenK.-h. SteffensR. SprengardJ. D. KellieWerner Heil

subject

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsNuclear TheoryMomentum transferHadronElectric form factor(n-p) reactionNuclear physicsRecoilNuclear fusionNeutronAtomic physicsNuclear ExperimentMicrotron

description

The electric form factor of the neutron GE,n has been determined at the Mainz Microtron MAMI at the low momentum transfer Q2= 0.15 (GeV/c)2 in a measurement of the recoil polarisation ratio Px/Pz in the quasifree reaction D(e,e′n)p. At this Q2 the influence of the nuclear binding is strong. A purely kinematical model is used to get some insight into the effect of the initial Fermi momentum distribution of the neutron. The influence of the final state interaction is determined quantitatively by a model of Arenhovel et al.. After the corresponding corrections a value of GE,n(0.15 (GeV/c)2) = 0.0481±0.0065stat±0.0053syst is obtained.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s100500050268