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Gerald Alvin Peterson

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Threshold Electrodisintegration Of 3he, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, S Churchwell, X Jiang, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw, B Asavapibhop, M C. Berisso, P E. Bosted, K Burchesky, R A. Miskimen, S E. Rock Jun 2003

Threshold Electrodisintegration Of 3he, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, S Churchwell, X Jiang, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw, B Asavapibhop, M C. Berisso, P E. Bosted, K Burchesky, R A. Miskimen, S E. Rock

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Cross sections were measured for the near-threshold electrodisintegration of 3He at momentum transfer values of q=2.4, 4.4, and 4.7fm-1. From these and prior measurements the transverse and longitudinal response functions RT and RL were deduced. Comparisons are made against previously published and new nonrelativistic A=3 calculations using the best available nucleon-nucleon NN potentials. In general, for q<2fm-1 these calculations accurately predict the threshold electrodisintegration of 3He. Agreement at increasing q demands consideration of two-body terms, but discrepancies still appear at the highest momentum transfers probed, perhaps due to the neglect of relativistic dynamics, or to the underestimation of high-momentum wave-function components.


Search For Neutral Baryon Resonances Below Pion Threshold, X Jiang, R Gilman, R Ransome, P Markowitz, T H. Chang, C C. Chang, Gerald Alvin Peterson Feb 2003

Search For Neutral Baryon Resonances Below Pion Threshold, X Jiang, R Gilman, R Ransome, P Markowitz, T H. Chang, C C. Chang, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The reaction p(e,e′π+)X0 was studied with two high-resolution magnetic spectrometers to search for narrow baryon resonances. A missing mass resolution of 2.0 MeV was achieved. A search for structures in the mass region of 0.97


Photoproduction Of The Ω Meson On The Proton At Large Momentum Transfer, M Battaglieri, M Brunoldi, R De Vita, B Asavapibhop, R S. Hicks, D Lawrence, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson Jan 2003

Photoproduction Of The Ω Meson On The Proton At Large Momentum Transfer, M Battaglieri, M Brunoldi, R De Vita, B Asavapibhop, R S. Hicks, D Lawrence, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The differential cross section, dσ/dt, for ω meson exclusive photoproduction on the proton above the resonance region (2.6


Relativistic Effects And Two-Body Currents In 2h(E⃗,E′P)N Using Out-Of-Plane Detection, Z L. Zhou, X Jiang, R Hicks, A Hotta, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw Oct 2001

Relativistic Effects And Two-Body Currents In 2h(E⃗,E′P)N Using Out-Of-Plane Detection, Z L. Zhou, X Jiang, R Hicks, A Hotta, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Measurements of the 2H(e⃗,e′p)n reaction were performed with the out-of-plane magnetic spectrometers (OOPS) at the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator. The longitudinal-transverse, fLT and fLT′, and the transverse-transverse, fTT, interference responses at a missing momentum of 210MeV/c were simultaneously extracted in the dip region at Q2 = 0.15 (GeV/c)2. In comparison to models of deuteron electrodisintegration, the data clearly reveal strong effects of relativity and final-state interactions and the importance of two-body meson-exchange currents and isobar configurations. We demonstrate that such effects can be disentangled by extracting these responses using the novel out-of-plane technique.


Electroproduction Of The Λ(1520) Hyperon, S P. Barrow, L Dennis, S B. Mcaleer, B Asavapibhop, R S. Hicks, D Lawrence, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw Aug 2001

Electroproduction Of The Λ(1520) Hyperon, S P. Barrow, L Dennis, S B. Mcaleer, B Asavapibhop, R S. Hicks, D Lawrence, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The reaction ep⃗e′K+Λ(1520) with Λ(1520)→p′K- was studied at electron beam energies of 4.05, 4.25, and 4.46 GeV, using the CLAS detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The cosθK+, φK+, Q2, and W dependencies of Λ(1520) electroproduction are presented for the kinematic region 0.9


Measurement Of The Elastic Magnetic Form Factor Of 3he At High Momentum Transfer, I Nakagawa, J Shaw, S Churchwell, X Jiang, B Asavapibhop, M C. Berisso, P E. Bosted, K Burchesky, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S E. Rock Jun 2001

Measurement Of The Elastic Magnetic Form Factor Of 3he At High Momentum Transfer, I Nakagawa, J Shaw, S Churchwell, X Jiang, B Asavapibhop, M C. Berisso, P E. Bosted, K Burchesky, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S E. Rock

Gerald Alvin Peterson

New electron scattering measurements have been made that extend data on the 3He elastic magnetic form factor up to Q2 = 42.6fm-2. These new data test theoretical conjectures regarding non-nucleonic effects in the three-body system. The very small cross sections, as low as 10-40cm2/sr, required the use of a high-pressure cryogenic gas target and a detector system with excellent background rejection capability. No existing theoretical calculation satisfactorily accounts for all the available data.


Exclusive Electroproduction Of Φ Mesons At 4.2 Gev, K Lukashin, E S. Smith, B Asavapibhop, R A. Hicks, D Lawrence, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw May 2001

Exclusive Electroproduction Of Φ Mesons At 4.2 Gev, K Lukashin, E S. Smith, B Asavapibhop, R A. Hicks, D Lawrence, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, J Shaw

Gerald Alvin Peterson

We studied the exclusive reaction ep⃗e′p′φ using the φ⃗K+K- decay mode. The data were collected using a 4.2 GeV incident electron beam and the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Our experiment covers the range in Q2 from 0.7 to 2.2 GeV2, and W from 2.0 to 2.6 GeV. Taken together with all previous data, we find a consistent picture of φ production on the proton. Our measurement shows the expected decrease of the t slope with the vector-meson formation time cΔτ below 2 fm. At 〈cΔτ〉=0.6 fm, we measure bφ=2.27±0.42 GeV-2. The cross …


Investigation Of The 10b(Γ,P) Reaction Using Tagged Photons, L J. De Bever, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson Aug 1998

Investigation Of The 10b(Γ,P) Reaction Using Tagged Photons, L J. De Bever, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The reaction 10B(γ,p) has been studied using tagged photons of mean energies Eγ=57.6 and 72.9 MeV. Angular distributions and derived single-particle momentum distributions for protons leading to the ground state of 9Be and higher excited states are compared to various calculations made using model parameters constrained by 10B(e,e′p)9Be and 9Be(p,p′)9Be measurements. The effects of varying final-state interactions (including channel couplings) and meson exchange currents are considered. A sizable discrepancy between direct-knockout calculations and the experimental results is observed. If meson exchange currents are included in an approximate fashion, a good description of the 10B(γ,p0)9Be data is found.


Measurements Of The Δ(1232) Transition Form Factor And The Ratio Σn/Σp From Inelastic Electron-Proton And Electron-Deuteron Scattering, L M. Stuart, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S H. Rokni Jun 1998

Measurements Of The Δ(1232) Transition Form Factor And The Ratio Σn/Σp From Inelastic Electron-Proton And Electron-Deuteron Scattering, L M. Stuart, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S H. Rokni

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Measurements of inclusive electron-scattering cross sections using hydrogen and deuterium targets in the region of the Δ(1232) resonance are reported. A global fit to these new data and previous data in the resonance region is also reported for the proton. Transition form factors have been extracted from the proton cross sections for this experiment over the four-momentum transfer squared range 1.64


Radial Dependence Of The Nucleon Effective Mass In 10b, L J. De Bever, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson May 1998

Radial Dependence Of The Nucleon Effective Mass In 10b, L J. De Bever, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The dynamic properties of the atomic nucleus depend strongly on correlations between the nucleons. We present a combined analysis of inelastic electron-scattering data and electron-induced proton knockout measurements in an effort to obtain phenomenological information on nucleon-nucleon correlations. Our results indicate that the ratio of radial wave functions extracted from precise 10B(e,e′) and 10B(e,e′p) measurements evolve from an interior depression for small Em, characteristic of short-range correlations, to a surface-peaked enhancement for larger Em, characteristic of long-range correlations. This observation can be interpreted in terms of the nucleon effective mass.


Deuteron Threshold Electrodisintegration At High Momentum Transfer, W M. Schmitt, K S. Lee, H Baghaei, S Churchwell, R S. Hicks, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, K Wang Oct 1997

Deuteron Threshold Electrodisintegration At High Momentum Transfer, W M. Schmitt, K S. Lee, H Baghaei, S Churchwell, R S. Hicks, R Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, K Wang

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Absolute differential cross sections for the threshold electrodisintegration of the deuteron with good resolution were measured at a laboratory scattering angle of 160° for five values of Q2 ranging from 8.66 to 42.4fm-2. Comparisons of the data averaged over Enp from 0 to 3 MeV and from 0 to10 MeV are made with nonrelativistic meson exchange calculations. These calculations are sensitive to the nucleon electromagnetic form factors, nucleon-nucleon potential, and relativistic effects. The data are also compared with a hybrid quark-hadron model calculation that describes the deuteron as a six-quark cluster for the short range part of the interaction. Some …


Precision Determination Of The Neutron Spin Structure Function G1n, K Abe, C M. Berisso, S Churchwell, R S. Hicks, Yu G. Kolomensky, Gerald Alvin Peterson Jul 1997

Precision Determination Of The Neutron Spin Structure Function G1n, K Abe, C M. Berisso, S Churchwell, R S. Hicks, Yu G. Kolomensky, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

We report on a precision measurement of the neutron spin structure function g1n using deep inelastic scattering of polarized electrons by polarized 3He. For the kinematic range 0.014


Electron Scattering From 10b, A Cichocki, J Dubach, R S. Hicks, Gerald Alvin Peterson May 1995

Electron Scattering From 10b, A Cichocki, J Dubach, R S. Hicks, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Electron scattering measurements have been made in order to determine the longitudinal and transverse form factors of low-lying level in 10B. With the exception of the broad 5.18 MeV level, results were obtained for all known levels up to 6.7 MeV. The measurements span the momentum transfer range q=0.48–2.58 fm-1. The primary objective of this work was to improve the data on the pure isovector M3 form factor of the 1.740 MeV excitation, the transform of which yields the 1p3/2 single-nucleon wave function. A Woods-Saxon potential was found to provide a much better representation of the data than the harmonic …


Measurements Of The (E,E’Pπ-) Reaction On Nuclei In The Nucleon Resonance Region, L Elouadrhiri, R A. Miskimen, J Button-Shafer, P Degtyarenko,, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S Shuvalov, K Wang Nov 1994

Measurements Of The (E,E’Pπ-) Reaction On Nuclei In The Nucleon Resonance Region, L Elouadrhiri, R A. Miskimen, J Button-Shafer, P Degtyarenko,, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S Shuvalov, K Wang

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Nucleon resonances beyond the Δ(1232) have been observed in complex nuclei. Measurements of the (e,e’pπ-) reaction, at an incident energy of 14.5 GeV with 1.1 GeV


Measurements Of The Electric And Magnetic Form Factors Of The Proton From Q2=1.75 To 8.83 (Gev/C)2, L Andivahis, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S Rokni Nov 1994

Measurements Of The Electric And Magnetic Form Factors Of The Proton From Q2=1.75 To 8.83 (Gev/C)2, L Andivahis, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S Rokni

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The proton elastic form factors GEp(Q2) and GMp(Q2) have been extracted for Q2=1.75 to 8.83 (GeV/c)2 via a Rosenbluth separation to ep elastic cross section measurements in the angular range 13°≤θ≤90°. The Q2 range covered more than doubles that of the existing data. For Q2<4 >(GeV/c)2, where the data overlap with previous measurements, the total uncertainties have been reduced to < 14% in GEp and < 1.5% in GMp. Results for GEp(Q2) are consistent with the dipole fit GD(Q2)=(1+Q2/0.71)-2, while those for GMp(Q2)/μpGD(Q2) decrease smoothly from 1.05 to 0.92. Deviations from form factor scaling are observed up to 20%. The ratio Q2F2/F1 is observed to approach a constant value for Q2>3 (GeV/c)2. Comparisons are made to vector meson dominance, dimensional scaling, QCD sum rule, diquark, and constituent quark models, none of which fully characterize all the new data.


Multiple Hadron Production By 14.5 Gev Electron And Positron Scattering From Nuclear Targets, P V. Degtyarenko, J Button-Shafer, L Elouadrhiri, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, K Wang Aug 1994

Multiple Hadron Production By 14.5 Gev Electron And Positron Scattering From Nuclear Targets, P V. Degtyarenko, J Button-Shafer, L Elouadrhiri, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, K Wang

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Multiple proton and pion electroproduction from nuclei are studied. Final states including at least two protons produced by the interaction of 14.5 GeV electrons and positrons with light nuclei (mainly 12C and 16O) have been measured, and compared with analogous data from 40Ar. Scattered electrons and positrons were detected in the energy transfer range from 0.2 to 12.5 GeV, and four-momentum transfer squared range from 0.1 to 5.0 GeV2/c2. Phenomenological characteristics of the secondary hadron production cross sections such as temperature and velocity of the effective source of hadrons were found to be dependent on energy transfer to the nucleus …


Transverse Form Factors Of 117sn, H Baghaei, J Dubach, M B. Frodyma, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson Aug 1993

Transverse Form Factors Of 117sn, H Baghaei, J Dubach, M B. Frodyma, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Transverse elastic and inelastic form factors for low-lying levels in 117Sn have been measured by 180° electron scattering in the momentum transfer range qeff=1.1–2.4 fm-1. The simple independent-particle model fails to account for these data, predicting form factors that are much too large. In better quantitative agreement with the data are the results of more detailed calculations that allow for configuration mixing of valence nucleons, as well as first-order core polarization. As in the similar case of 205Tl, these calculations successfully predict the presence of a deep diffraction minimum observed in the intermediate q region of the elastic M1 form …


Ground-State Magnetization Density Of 89y, J E. Wise, J R. Calarco, J P. Connelly, S A. Fayans, F W. Hersman, J H. Heisenberg, R S. Hicks, W Kim, T E. Milliman, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson Jun 1993

Ground-State Magnetization Density Of 89y, J E. Wise, J R. Calarco, J P. Connelly, S A. Fayans, F W. Hersman, J H. Heisenberg, R S. Hicks, W Kim, T E. Milliman, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Elastic electron scattering cross sections have been measured for 89Y at 180° for 0.72


Measurements Of Transverse Electron Scattering From The Deuteron In The Threshold Region At High Momentum Transfers, M Frodyma, R G. Arnold, D Benton, P E. Bosted, L Clogher, G Dechambrier, A T. Katramatou, J Lambert, A Lung, G G. Petratos, A Rahbar, S E. Rock, Z M. Szalata, B Debebe, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, Gerald Alvin Peterson Apr 1993

Measurements Of Transverse Electron Scattering From The Deuteron In The Threshold Region At High Momentum Transfers, M Frodyma, R G. Arnold, D Benton, P E. Bosted, L Clogher, G Dechambrier, A T. Katramatou, J Lambert, A Lung, G G. Petratos, A Rahbar, S E. Rock, Z M. Szalata, B Debebe, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Deuteron electrodisintegration cross sections near 180' have been measured near breakup threshold for the four-momentum transfer squared Q' range 1.21—2.76 (GeV/c) . Evidence for a change of slope in the cross section near Q =1 (GeV/c ) has been obtained. The data are compared to nonrelativistic calculations, which predict a strong influence of meson-exchange currents. The data are also compared to a hybrid quark-hadron model ~ None of these calculations agrees with the data over the entire measured range of Q'. The ratio of inelastic structure functions W, (Q', E„~)/Wz(Q', E„~)is extracted from the present results and previous forward angle …


Measurements Of The Electric And Magnetic Form Factors Of The Neutron From Q2=1.75 To 4.00 (Gev/C)2, A Lung, L M. Stuart, P E. Bosted, L Andivahis, J Alster, R G. Arnold, C C. Chang, F S. Dietrich, W R. Dodge, R Gearhart, J Gomez, K A. Griffioen, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson Feb 1993

Measurements Of The Electric And Magnetic Form Factors Of The Neutron From Q2=1.75 To 4.00 (Gev/C)2, A Lung, L M. Stuart, P E. Bosted, L Andivahis, J Alster, R G. Arnold, C C. Chang, F S. Dietrich, W R. Dodge, R Gearhart, J Gomez, K A. Griffioen, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Quasielastic e-d cross sections have been measured at forward and backward angles. Rosenbluth separations were done to obtain RL and RT at Q2=1.75, 2.50, 3.25, and 4.00 (GeV/c)2. The neutron form factors GEn and GMn have been extracted using a nonrelativistic model. The sensitivity to deuteron wave function, relativistic corrections, and models of the inelastic background are reported. The results for GMn are consistent with the dipole form, while GEn is consistent with zero. Comparisons are made to theoretical models based on vector meson dominance, perturbative QCD, and QCD sum rules, as well as constituent quarks.


Measurements Of Νw2 And R=Σl/Σt From Inelastic Electron-Aluminum Scattering Near X=1, P E. Bosted, A Lung, L Andivahis, L M. Stuart, J Alster, R G. Arnold, C C. Chang, F S. Dietrich, W Dodge, R Gearhart, J Gomez, K A. Griffioen, R S. Hicks, C E. Hyde-Wright, C Keppel, S E. Kuhn, J Lichtenstadt, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson Dec 1992

Measurements Of Νw2 And R=Σl/Σt From Inelastic Electron-Aluminum Scattering Near X=1, P E. Bosted, A Lung, L Andivahis, L M. Stuart, J Alster, R G. Arnold, C C. Chang, F S. Dietrich, W Dodge, R Gearhart, J Gomez, K A. Griffioen, R S. Hicks, C E. Hyde-Wright, C Keppel, S E. Kuhn, J Lichtenstadt, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Cross sections for inclusive electron scattering from aluminum have been measured at both forward and backward angles in the kinematic region near x =1 and 1.75 & Q & 7 (GeV/c) . The forward-angle data are in good agreement with a recent calculation. Both the data and the calculation show scaling behavior for F2(g, Q~)=vs(g, Q2) at high Q for fixed values of the Nachtmann variable g. The ratio R =oL /trr has been extracted for 1.75 &Q &5 (GeV/c) and is found to decrease with Q2 to a value consistent with zero at the highest Q~.


Measurement Of The Electric And Magnetic Form Factors Of The Proton From Q2 1.75 To 8.83 (Gev/C)2, P E. Bosted, L Clogher, A Lung, R G. Arnold, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson Jun 1992

Measurement Of The Electric And Magnetic Form Factors Of The Proton From Q2 1.75 To 8.83 (Gev/C)2, P E. Bosted, L Clogher, A Lung, R G. Arnold, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The proton elastic electric and magnetic form factors, GEM and G’bfP(Q2), have been separately measured in the range Q” =1.75 to 8.83 (GeV/c)2, more than doubling the Q3 range of previous data. Scaled by the dipole fit, Go(Q2), the results for Gnlp(Q2)//+G~(Q2) d ecrease smoothly from 1.05 to 0.91, while G~p(Q~)lcdQ~) is consistent with unity. Comparisons are made to QCD Sum L-eRule, diquark, constituent quark, and VMD models, none of whic,h agree with all of the new data. The ratio Q2F2/Fl approaches a constant value for Q2 > 3 ( GeV/c)2. --p;. .- -- 2


Measurements Of Deuteron Threshold Electrodisintegration: A Probe Of Short-Range Meson Exchange, K S. Lee, W Schmitt, H Baghaei, S Churchwell, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, K Wang Nov 1991

Measurements Of Deuteron Threshold Electrodisintegration: A Probe Of Short-Range Meson Exchange, K S. Lee, W Schmitt, H Baghaei, S Churchwell, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, K Wang

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The threshold electrodisintegration of the deuteron was measured with good energy resolution to a maximum four-momentum transfer squared of 42 fm-2. The data are compared with meson exchange calculations that show sensitivity to the choice of exchange-current form factor, the nucleon electromagnetic form factors, and the nucleon-nucleon potential. While conventional theories can give a reasonable description of the data, comparison of the data with quark cluster calculations shows poor agreement.


Elastic Magnetic Electron Scattering From ' C At Q2= 1 Gev2/C, R A. Miskimen, H Baghaei, M Frodyma, R S. Hicks, K S. Lee, Gerald Alvin Peterson Oct 1991

Elastic Magnetic Electron Scattering From ' C At Q2= 1 Gev2/C, R A. Miskimen, H Baghaei, M Frodyma, R S. Hicks, K S. Lee, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Electron scattering from C was measured at a momentum transfer of 5.08 fm . No electron events were observed in the vicinity of the elastic peak, giving an upper limit for the elastic cross section of 1.2 x 10 cm /sr with a confidence level of 90%. At this momentum transfer, the square of the elastic M1 form factor apparently continues to fall exponentially with q. Comparison of the data with shell-model calculations indicates that admixtures of 2hu configurations in the C ground state cannot entirely explain the high-q enhancement of the Ml form factor relative to 1p-shell calculations.


Elastic Magnetic Electron Scattering From 'Ca, H Baghaei, A Cichocki, J B. Flanz, M Frodyma, Y Han, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S H. Rokni Dec 1990

Elastic Magnetic Electron Scattering From 'Ca, H Baghaei, A Cichocki, J B. Flanz, M Frodyma, Y Han, R S. Hicks, R A. Miskimen, Gerald Alvin Peterson, S H. Rokni

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The elastic magnetic form factor of 41Ca has been determined by 180° electron scattering in the momentum-transfer range 0.9–2.0 fm-1. An analysis of the data indicates that the amplitudes of the M3 and M5 multipoles are quenched by factors of 0.57±0.16 and 0.68±0.07 relative to the simple shell model. In contrast, the magnitude of the M7 form factor is in good accord with this model. Calculations that include multiparticle-multihole configurations in the 1f7/2 and 1d3/2 subshells, first-order core polarization to higher excited orbitals, and meson exchange currents give reasonable agreement with the data for all multipoles. The rms radius of …


Transverse Electrodisintegration Of The Deuteron In The Threshold Region At High Q2,", R G. Arnold, D Benton, P E. Bosted, L Clogher, B Debebe, M B. Frodyma, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, Gerald Alvin Peterson Jul 1990

Transverse Electrodisintegration Of The Deuteron In The Threshold Region At High Q2,", R G. Arnold, D Benton, P E. Bosted, L Clogher, B Debebe, M B. Frodyma, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, Gerald Alvin Peterson

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Cross sections for 180° deuteron electrodisintegration have been measured near threshold for the Q2 range 1.21 to 2.77 (GeV/c)2. The data are compared to several nonrelativistic meson-nucleon and hybrid quark-hadron models. The data are in strong disagreement with the impulse approximation, indicating the importance of non-nucleonic degrees of freedom. None of the models are in good agreement with the data at all values of Q2. The ratio W1/W2 of inelastic structure functions has been extracted using previous forward angle data and is found to decrease strongly near threshold, also indicating the importance of interaction effects.


Measurements Of The Deuteron And Proton Magnetic Form Factors At Large Momentum Transfers, P E. Bosted, A T. Katramatou, R G. Arnold, D Benton, L Clogher, G De Chambrier, J Lambert, A Lung, G G. Petratos, A Rahbar, S E. Rock, Z M. Szalata, B Debebe, M Frodyma, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, Gerald Alvin Peterson, R A. Gearhart, J Alster, J Lichtenstadt, F Dietrich, K Van Bibber Jul 1990

Measurements Of The Deuteron And Proton Magnetic Form Factors At Large Momentum Transfers, P E. Bosted, A T. Katramatou, R G. Arnold, D Benton, L Clogher, G De Chambrier, J Lambert, A Lung, G G. Petratos, A Rahbar, S E. Rock, Z M. Szalata, B Debebe, M Frodyma, R S. Hicks, A Hotta, Gerald Alvin Peterson, R A. Gearhart, J Alster, J Lichtenstadt, F Dietrich, K Van Bibber

Gerald Alvin Peterson

Measurements of the deuteron elastic magnetic structure function B(Q') are reported at squared four-momentum transfer values 1.20~ Qi ~ 2.77 (GeV/c)'. Also reported are values for the proton magnetic form factor Gstr(Q2) at 11 Q values between 0.49 and 1.75 (GeV/c) . The data were obtained using an electron beam of 0.5 to 1.3 GeV. Electrons backscattered near 180' were detected in coincidence with deuterons or protons recoiling near 0 in a large solid-angle double-arm spectrometer system. The data for B(Q ) are found to decrease rapidly from Q =1.2 to 2 (GeV/c), and then rise to a secondary maximum …


Deuteron Magnetic Dipole Disintegration By 180° Electron Scattering, Gerald Alvin Peterson, W C. Barber Oct 1962

Deuteron Magnetic Dipole Disintegration By 180° Electron Scattering, Gerald Alvin Peterson, W C. Barber

Gerald Alvin Peterson

The magnetic dipole disintegration of the deuteron has been measured for excitation energies up to 16 MeV in the presence of relatively small electric multipole contributions by using a method of inelastic electron scattering at 180°. Electrons of initial energy 41.5 MeV were magnetically deflected before and after scattering so that those scattered at 180° entered a magnetic spectrometer set at 160° with respect to the incident beam. The experimental cross sections measured relative to elastic scattering from the proton are higher than predicted by the electrodisintegration theory of Jankus. The discrepancy may be an indication of mesonic exchange currents …