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2016

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Multi-Frequency Blazar Micro-Variability As A Tool To Investigate Relativistic Jets, James R. Webb Aug 2016

Multi-Frequency Blazar Micro-Variability As A Tool To Investigate Relativistic Jets, James R. Webb

Department of Physics

For the past 12 years we have been studying optical micro-variability of a sample of 15 Blazars. We summarize the results of this study and draw some basic conclusions about the characteristics of micro-variability. The intermittency, the stochastic nature, and the similar profile shapes seen in micro-variations at different times and in different objects have led us to a possible model to explain the observed micro-variations. The model is based on a strong shock propagating down a relativistic jet and encountering turbulence which causes density or magnetic field enhancements. We use the theory of Kirk, Reiger, and Mastichiadis (1998) to …


Electron–Deuteron Dis With Spectator Tagging At Eic: Development Of Theoretical Framework, W. Cosyn, V. Guzey, Misak M. Sargsian, M. Strikman, C. Weiss Mar 2016

Electron–Deuteron Dis With Spectator Tagging At Eic: Development Of Theoretical Framework, W. Cosyn, V. Guzey, Misak M. Sargsian, M. Strikman, C. Weiss

Department of Physics

An Electron–Ion Collider (EIC) would enable next-generation measurements of deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) on the deuteron with detection of a forward-moving nucleon (p, n) and measurement of its recoil momentum (“spectator tagging”). Such experiments offer full control of the nuclear configuration during the high-energy process and can be used for precision studies of the neutron’s partonic structure and its spin dependence, nuclear modifications of partonic structure, and nuclear shadowing at small x. We review the theoretical description of spectator tagging at EIC energies (light–front nuclear structure, on-shell extrapolation in the recoil nucleon momentum, final-state interactions, diffractive effects …


Tagged Spectator Deep-Inelastic Scattering Off The Deuteron As A Tool To Study Neutron Structure, Wim Cosyn, Misak M. Sargsian Jan 2016

Tagged Spectator Deep-Inelastic Scattering Off The Deuteron As A Tool To Study Neutron Structure, Wim Cosyn, Misak M. Sargsian

Department of Physics

We give an overview of a model to describe deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) off the deuteron with a spectator proton, based on the virtual nucleon approximation (VNA). The model accounts for the final-state interactions (FSI) of the DIS debris with the spectator proton. Values of the rescattering cross section are obtained by fits to high-momentum spectator data. By using the so-called “pole extrapolation” method, free neutron structure functions can be obtained by extrapolating low-momentum spectator proton data to the on-shell neutron pole. We apply this method to the BONuS data set and find a surprising Bjorken x dependence, indicating a possible …


Electroexcitation Of The Δ+(1232) At Low Momentum Transfer, Werner U. Boeglin Jan 2016

Electroexcitation Of The Δ+(1232) At Low Momentum Transfer, Werner U. Boeglin

Department of Physics

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First Measurement Of The Helicity Asymmetry Ein Ηphotoproduction On The Proton, R.A. Badui, Lei Guo, W. Phelps, D. Schott Jan 2016

First Measurement Of The Helicity Asymmetry Ein Ηphotoproduction On The Proton, R.A. Badui, Lei Guo, W. Phelps, D. Schott

Department of Physics

No abstract provided.