Extraction of the Neutron Electric Form Factor from Measurements of Inclusive Double Spin Asymmetries
| Autor: | G. D. Cates, T. Holmstrom, Xin Qian, Haiyan Gao, M. Meziane, Simon Širca, F. Garibaldi, H. F. Ibrahim, E. Chudakov, Houbing Lu, P. M. King, A. Shahinyan, W.U. Boeglin, V. A. Punjabi, D. G. Meekins, X. Jiang, E. Long, C. Dutta, William A. Tobias, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, L. El Fassi, Vincent Sulkosky, S. Riordan, H. P. Khanal, A. Kelleher, H. Kang, A. Camsonne, R. A. Lindgren, Eric L. N. Jensen, N. Muangma, W. Tireman, Diana Parno, M. Mihovilovic, R. Subedi, D. Flay, Yingxiao Wang, W. Luo, M. H. Shabestari, B. Shoenrock, B. Sawatzky, Shalev Gilad, C. W. de Jager, Bryan J. Moffit, E. Piasetzky, X. Zhan, A. Deur, J.-O. Hansen, Z. Ye, B. E. Norum, Y. Zhang, M. Posik, R. Michaels, X. Deng, B. Zhao, J. Gomez, X. Qui, S. Golge, Arijit Saha, P. Monaghan, P. C. Bradshaw, Chunhui Chen, A. J. R. Puckett, L. Y. Zhu, Wolfgang Korsch, J. W. Watson, O. Glamazdin, J. R. M. Annand, S. Frullani, J. P. Chen, J. Huang, G. M. Urciuoli, William Bertozzi, Ronald Gilman, Pete Markowitz, J. LeRose, R. De Leo, J. John, Brian P. Anderson, Yiyang Zhang, Joseph M. Katich, Douglas Higinbotham, Matthew Jones, K. Pan, K. Wang, D. Wang, T. Averett, G. Jin, X. Zheng, Mustafa Canan, Kalyan Allada, S. K. Nanda, Yujie Qiang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Physics
Particle physics Proton 010308 nuclear & particles physics media_common.quotation_subject Nuclear Theory Electric form factor Form factor (quantum field theory) FOS: Physical sciences 01 natural sciences Asymmetry Nuclear physics Pion 0103 physical sciences Neutron detection Neutron Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) 010306 general physics Nuclear Experiment Spin-½ media_common |
| Popis: | $[Background]$ Measurements of the neutron charge form factor, $G^n_E$, are challenging due to the fact that the neutron has no net charge. In addition, measurements of the neutron form factors must use nuclear targets which require accurately accounting for nuclear effects. Extracting $G^n_E$ with different targets and techniques provides an important test of our handling of these effects. $[Purpose]$ The goal of the measurement was to use an inclusive asymmetry measurement technique to extract the neutron charge form factor at a four-momentum transfer of $1~(\rm{GeV/c})^2$. This technique has very different systematic uncertainties than traditional exclusive measurements and thus serves as an independent check of whether nuclear effects have been taken into account correctly. $[Method]$ The inclusive quasi-elastic reaction $^3\overrightarrow{\rm{He}}(\overrightarrow{e},e')$ was measured at Jefferson Lab. The neutron electric form factor, $G_E^n$, was extracted at $Q^2 = 0.98~(\rm{GeV/c})^2$ from ratios of electron-polarization asymmetries measured for two orthogonal target spin orientations. This $Q^2$ is high enough that the sensitivity to $G_E^n$ is not overwhelmed by the neutron magnetic contribution, and yet low enough that explicit neutron detection is not required to suppress pion production. $[Results]$ The neutron electric form factor, $G_E^n$, was determined to be $0.0414\pm0.0077\;{(stat)}\pm0.0022\;{(syst)}$; providing the first high precision inclusive extraction of the neutron's charge form factor. $[Conclusions]$ The use of the inclusive quasi-elastic $^3\overrightarrow{\rm{He}}(\overrightarrow{e},e')$ with a four-momentum transfer near $1~(\rm{GeV/c})^2$ has been used to provide a unique measurement of $G^n_E$. This new result provides a systematically independent validation of the exclusive extraction technique results. 7 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables |
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