Center of mass motion of short-range correlated nucleon pairs studied via the A(e,e'pp) reaction

Cohen, E. O. et al. (2018) Center of mass motion of short-range correlated nucleon pairs studied via the A(e,e'pp) reaction. Physical Review Letters, 121(9), 092501. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.092501) (PMID:30230869)

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Abstract

Short-range correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs are a vital part of the nucleus, accounting for almost all nucleons with momentum greater than the Fermi momentum (k_{F}). A fundamental characteristic of SRC pairs is having large relative momenta as compared to k_{F}, and smaller center of mass (c.m.) which indicates a small separation distance between the nucleons in the pair. Determining the c.m. momentum distribution of SRC pairs is essential for understanding their formation process. We report here on the extraction of the c.m. motion of proton-proton (pp) SRC pairs in carbon and, for the first time in heavier and ansymetric nuclei: aluminum, iron, and lead, from measurements of the A(e,e^{'}pp) reaction. We find that the pair c.m. motion for these nuclei can be described by a three-dimensional Gaussian with a narrow width ranging from 140 to 170  MeV/c, approximately consistent with the sum of two mean-field nucleon momenta. Comparison with calculations appears to show that the SRC pairs are formed from mean-field nucleons in specific quantum states.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Sokhan, Dr Daria and McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Ireland, Professor David and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and MacGregor, Professor Douglas and Montgomery, Dr Rachel and Rosner, Professor Guenther and Protopopescu, Dr Dan
Authors: Cohen, E. O., Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Weinstein, L. B., Duer, M., Schmidt, A., Korover, I., Hakobyan, H., Adhikari, S., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Beck, A., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B. A., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., Cruz Torres, R., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., Fassi, L. E., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Hafidi, K., Harrison, N., Hauenstein, F., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ireland, D.G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Korover, I., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I.J.D., Marchand, D., McKinnon, B., Mey-Tal Beck, S., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R.A., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Mustapha, B., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Schmookler, B. A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zheng, X., and Zhao, Z. W.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Physical Review Letters
Publisher:American Physical Society
ISSN:0031-9007
ISSN (Online):1079-7114
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2018 American Physical Society
First Published:First published in Physical Review Letters 121(9):092501
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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