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1991

Physics

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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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.


Longitudinal Nmr Relaxation Of Degenerate 2-D 3he In 4he Films, Robert Hallock, D. T. Sprague, N. Alikacem Jan 1991

Longitudinal Nmr Relaxation Of Degenerate 2-D 3he In 4he Films, Robert Hallock, D. T. Sprague, N. Alikacem

Robert Hallock

The NMR spin-lattice relaxation time T1 of a degenerate submonolayer coverage of 3He in a thin adsorbed 4He film has been measured. As a function of 4He coverage, T1 exhibits a maximum and undergoes a change in temperature dependence at a coverage near that of the superfluid transition in the underlying 4He film. Two relaxation mechanisms contribute to the observed T1.


Linear Tc Depression In Mg Doped Yba2cu3o7-X, Robert Hallock, W. M. Tiernan Jan 1991

Linear Tc Depression In Mg Doped Yba2cu3o7-X, Robert Hallock, W. M. Tiernan

Robert Hallock

We report resistivity-versus-temperature measurements performed on polycrystalline pellets of YBa2(Cu1-xMgx)3O7-δ made using the polymer-metal-complex precursor method. Tc was found to decrease linearly with increasing Mg doping in the range x=8.6×10-4 to 8.6×10-3 with slope -1400 K/x; the normal-state resistivity and the superconducting transition width showed little or no change. Mg was found to have a maximum solubility in YBa2(Cu1-xMgx)3O7-δ of x~=9×10-3.