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 |
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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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